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Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics
Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics
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1
Most mid ocean ranges occur at ------ plate boundaries
Divergent
The movie divergent
Alleigent
Convergent
2
All 7 continents once formed what?
a supercontinent
Pangea (the name)
a superisland 200 times larger than Asia
a landmass
3
What was the crack filled with?
lava
melted steel
iron
magma
4
When the ocean floors move, so does what?
or the Rift
the continents
the plate tectonics
the plates
5
What is the upper part of the mantle called?
lithosphere
asthenosphere
monosphere
athmosphere
6
True or false: Tropical plants have been found in colder climate areas.
true
false
7
Young ocean rocks are found at what?
canyons
Coasts
Trenches
Ridges
8
Old ocean rocks are found at what?
Trenches
Coasts
ridges
canyons
9
Where are the geomagnetic poles located on Earth?
east and west
north and south
10
True or false: Glaciers have been found in North America and Africa.
true
false
11
What type of ''isms'' was Wegner able to propose that the continents moved?
Mechanisms
Judaisms
Communisms
Socialisms
12
What dinosaur fossil was found in South America and Africa?
Indominus Rex
Gigantosaurus
Mesosaurus
Littlefoot
13
Harry Hess suggested that the mid-ocean ridges was a .......
crack in the box
crack in the earth's crust
crack in the pot
cracker in the pot
14
What age is the sediment when fossil evidence shows that rock is closer to the ridge?
Young
Old
15
What mountain range is an example of rock formations?
Rockies
Himalayas
Alps
Appalachians
16
What is sea floor spreading?
magnetic symmetry
Magnetic rocks
magnetic patterns
17
The Mid Atlantic Ridge is a part of what?
A Pollution System
A Continent
A system of Mid Ocean Ridges
18
In 1912, Wegner made a hypothesis called what?
collision course
movement of continents
meltdown
continental drift
19
What were the land reptiles unable to do?
Swim
Eat
Run
Fly
20
Pangea broke up into the 7 continents of today during what age?
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Mesozoic
Quaternary
21
Did Wegner redeem?
maybe
no
yes
22
Robert Dietz named this process what?
Sea Floor Spreading
Under the Jamaican Sea
Hot Ocean Floors
Sebastian's Club
23
What are sudden movements?
earthquakes
tsunamis
volcanoes
floods
24
What are the locations of plate boundaries?
tsunamis
earthquakes
volcanoes
25
The Earth is a giant what?
Circle of life
the Devil's Playground
Magnet
Ball
