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______ is the movement caused within a fluid. The hotter, less dense material rises, and colder, denser material sinks.
Conduction
Ice
Radiation
Convection
2
The layer of the Earth where tectonic plates are located
solid inner core core
liquid outer core
atmosphere
lithosphere (upper mantle and crust)
3
Which piece of evidence best supports the idea of continental drift?
lystrosaurus
dinosaurs
Fossils of similar species found on continents now oceans apart.
fossils
4
All continents might have once been connected as one large land mass called?
Pangaea
boundary lines
continental drift
Earth
5
Which piece of evidence best supports the idea of continental drift?
jigsaw
Continental shorelines appear to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
shorelines fit
jigsaw puzzle
6
Who proposed the idea of continental drift?
Charles Darwin, a geologist
Alfred Wegner, a meteorologist
Fettucini Alfredo, a master chef
Stephen Hawking, a physicist
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_________ describe the rising, spread, and sinking of gas, liquid, or molten material caused by the application of heat.
Air moleculues.
conduction
Convection currents
Tidal waves
8
Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections called?
tectonic plates
continental drift
lava
countries
9
Matching mountain ranges in North America (Appalachians) and Europe (Caledonian) support the idea of continental drift.
False
True
10
What is continental drift?
Continents are always maintaining their positions.
plates are colliding in the athenosphere
continents were once joined and continue to move over time
Continents are always stationary on a liquid core.
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Which piece of evidence best supports the idea of continental drift?
ice
glaciers
Glacial deposits found on South America,Africa, India & Australia
glacial striations
12
This image is an example of?
ridges
drifts
Pangaea
the Americas
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Convection currents are thought to be the driving force for continental drift.
True
False
