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T or F - The Convergent Boundary is when plates scrape against each other
False
Truth
2
The ____ is spreading, which causes Mid-Ocean Ridges
Ocean Ridges
Sea Floor
This Classroom
The Continents
3
Transform Boundary is when plates....
go toward each other
move away from each other
scrap against each other
4
How many million years ago did Pangea surface?
275 Million Years Ago
Yesterday
335 Million Years Ago
100 Years Ago
5
Mt. Everest is an example of which boundary
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Wegner
6
The Mid-Ocean Ridge is...
undersea mountain chain & a convergent boundary
undersea mountain chain & a transform boundary
undersea mountain chain & a divergent boundary
7
Why is Iceland growing so fast?
It's a volcano
it's on the mid-ocean ridge
it's on a divergent plate boundary
8
What is a fossil?
Preserved Animal Remains that show the Pangea was death
Preserved Remains that show the Pangea was real
Preserved Remains that show the Pangea was not real
9
The ____ floats on the ____.
Homework,Core
Lithosphere, Mantel
Lithosphere, Core
Atmosphere, Mantle
10
Alfred Wegner thought of Continental Drift as what?
Word Search
Globe
Jigsaw Puzzle
Cross Word Puzzle
11
Who wrote a book about the sea floor spreading?
Harry Buford
Alfred Wegner
Anonymous
Harry Hess
12
Earth's crust float on ___ of the Earth
the mantle
the crust
the spoon
the core
13
The Divergent Boundary is when...
Plates move away from each other
Plates scrape against each other
Plates move towards each other
14
What part of the US is NOT on the North American Plate?
Hawaii
New Orleans
Haiti
California
15
The two types of crust that make up the Earth are....
Continental and Oceanic
Continental & Math
Continental & Butter
Continental and Plate
16
Wegner compared what three things on the continents
Fossils, Mountains, Glaciers
Rivers, Oceans, and Fossils
only fossils
Fossils, Mountains, and Rivers
17
T or F - The Indian Plate is a main plate.
True
False
18
____ currents in the ____ and it makes the continents move.
Convection, Lithosphere
Convection, Asthenosphere
19
Density Is....
this determines how plates will move & when they collide.
None of the above
this determines how plates will collide & when they move.
this determines how plates will die & when they collide.
20
Who was Alfred Wegner?
Supported other people's idea of Continental Drift
Did not believe in Continental Drift
He is not real
Purposed the idea of Continental Drift
