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Continental Drift/ Sea Floor Spreading
Continental Drift/ Sea Floor Spreading
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Used for review in Earth Science before a test on Sea Floor Spreading.
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1
Which of the following contributes to generate Earth's magnetic field?
The density between layers
The movement of liquid in the outer core
Earthquakes
The pressure in the inner core
2
Magma that turns into rock at the mid ocean ridge, has iron crystals that record
Earth's magnetism
Earth's History
Earth's cosmic rays
Earth's gravity
3
Alfred Wegener used
sonar
to help him determine if the continents were moving.
True
False
4
Which one of the following is not true of Harry Hess?
All true
Navy Officer
Scientist
Princeton Professor
5
Which scientist proposed that the ocean floor was expanding around mid ocean ridges?
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
Alfred Neuman
6
Which one of the following is
not
evidence for a one time supercontinent.
Mountain Ranges
Fossils
Magnetism
Glacier Marks
7
The outermost layer of the Earth is called:
Aesthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mantle
Crust
8
Wegener's evidence for continental drift included all of the following EXCEPT:
Seafloor spreading
Matching plant fossils
Matching coal beds
Matching mountain ranges
9
What is the name of the supercontinent when all the continents were connected?
Godwana
Laurasia
Panama
Pangaea
10
Alfred Wegener showed that the sea floor was spreading and moved the continents
True
False
11
Which one of the following is
not
an evidence for sea floor spreading?
Type of Rock
Magnetic Pattern
Age of the Rocks
12
Which one of the following is not in the mid ocean ridge?
New Rock
Volcanic Activity
Mountains
Ocean Trench
13
The presence of coal in Antarctica means that this continent must have
moved over time
had tropical weather
changed climate
all of these
