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1
What is some evidence to support the continental drift theory?
The continents fit like puzzle pieces
The Ice Age Movie
It was obvious
Like fossils were found on different continents
2
Who was the scientist that claimed the continents were once joined together?
Harry Hess
Marie Curie
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
3
What is the name of the process where the new crust is formed and pushes old crust aside?
Subduction
Seafloor Spreading
Rifting
Ocean Trenches
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Converging Boundaries are also called:
Constructive Boundaries
Destructive Boundaries
5
Which type of crust has a lot of aluminium and silicon?
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
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Which type of crust is dark, thin and made of iron ad magnesium?
Continental Crust
Oceanic Crust
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What is the name of the lines on the map?
Rifts
Seafloor Spreading
The Great Global Rift System
The Great Barrier Reef
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Transform boundaries can cause:
Fault Lines
Ocean Ridges
Mountains
Earthquakes
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Plates moving away from each other is what type of movement?
Diverging
Transform
Converging
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Plates sliding against each other is what type of movement?
Converging
Diverging
Transform
Friction
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What smaller land mass was Australia originally a part of?
Laurasia
Gondwana
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Plates moving towards each other is what type of movement?
Converging
Diverging
Transform
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Which layer of the Earth is the most important in plate tectonics?
Mantle
Lithosphere
Core
Asthenosphere
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Diverging Boundaries are also called:
Constructive Boundaries
Destructive Boundaries
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The original land mass on Earth was called:
Australia
Pangea
Gondwana
Laurasia
