Ch.17 plate tectonics study guide

Where are most divergent boundaries found

The Mid- Atlantic Ridge is an example of a

Which of the following best describes what happens when an oceanic plate coverages with a continental plate ?

Which of the following landforms results from divergence of continental crust ?

At which tectonic plate boundary do plates slide horizontally past each other ?

Based on observations of fossils of Glossopteris, Wegener concluded that

Tectonic plates interact at places called plate

Most scientists at the time rejected Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift because he

What happens along a divergent boundary on the seafloor

Places where tectonic plates come together are called

Which feature is associated with a continental- continental plate boundary ?

Based on the glacial deposits he observed, Wegener argued that

Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of

Fossil evidence that supported Wegener’s idea of continental drift included

Which of the followers nah features forms when two oceanic plates converge ?

Fossils of aquatic reptiles found in freshwater rocks suggested to Wegener that these reptiles

To support his hypothesis of continental drift, Alfred Werner did NOT use

Which of the following is NOT associated with transform boundaries?

Coal beds in Antarctica indicated to Wegener that this continent was

Places where tectonic plates move apart are called

Oceanic crust is made mostly of

Early mapmakers thought continents might have moved based on their observations of

Convergent boundaries are classified according to the

What can happen when two oceanic plates converge and one is subducted into the mantle ?

Which theory states that Earth’s crust and rigid upper mantle move in different directions and at different rates