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Theory of Continental Drift Seafloor Spreading Theory of Plate Tectonics
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Mountains like the Himalayas in southern Asia form because these plate boundaries collide...
Transform Plate Boundary
Convergent Plate Boundary
Divergent Plate Boundary
2
What is the Earth's inner core made of?
Hydrogen and Helium
Iron and Nickel
Silicon and Oxygen
Lithium and Berilium
3
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of this type of plate boundary...
Transform Plate Boundary
Divergent Plate Boundary
Convergent Plate Boundary
4
How does seafloor spreading support continental drift theory?
It suggests that continents plow through the ocean floor
It suggests continents move with the ocean floor
It suggests that continents are static parts of Earths crust
It doesn't
5
What evidence suggests that continents were once joined?
I'm too lazy to answer
convergent plate boundaries
the puzzle-like fit of coastlines
topography of the seafloor
6
The theory of plate tectonics provides an explanation for why ___________ and ________ occur.
earthquakes and volcanoes
earthquakes and milkshakes
earthquakes and hurricanes
earthquakes and plains
7
The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans are called...
Ridge Push
Deep Sea Trenches
Plains
Mid-Ocean Ridges
8
State in which magnetized objects such as compass needles will orient themselves to point north
Reversed Polarity
Normal Polarity
9
What plate boundaries cause continents to pull apart and form rift valleys?
Convergent Plate Boundary
Divergent Plate Boundary
Transform Plate Boundary
10
Wegener's hypothesis of a supercontinent was supported by...
rock, fossils, and climate data
There was no support
earthquake data
seafloor magnetism
11
The cold and rigid outermost rock layer of Earth is called the...
asthenosphere
exosphere
lithosphere
atmosphere
12
In divergent plate boundary,
two plates slide past one another.
two continental plates collide.
two plates do not move.
two plates separate.
13
What is Pangaea?
a fern that lives close to the equator
a supercontinent made of the present-day continents
all of the continents in their current position on Earth
a large ice sheet
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TRUE or FALSE. The three main layers of Earth are the crust, the mantle, and the core.
TRUE
FALSE
15
Magnetic stripes on the seafloor show that...
earthquakes are common in the ocean
plate tectonics is a myth
crust is destroyed at ridges
Earth's magnetic field has changed
16
The evidence to prove continental drift was discovered prior to Wegener's death.
FALSE
TRUE
17
What causes tectonic plates to move?
magnetism on the seafloor
convection currents in the mantle
Mrs. Perry's superhero powers
earthquakes in the crust
18
Which of the following is NOT a way to describe location?
Triangulation
Address
All of these are ways to describe location
Latitude and Longitude coordinates
19
What happens at a transform plate boundary?
Plates move toward each other
Plates move away from each other
Plates do not move
Plates slide past each other
20
State in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
Normal Polarity
Reversed Polarity
21
What are tectonic plates?
slabs of the inner core
slabs of only continental crust
slabs of only oceanic crust
slabs of crust and upper mantle
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Seafloor spreading is a process that...
occurs at the mid-ocean ridges
coral reefs move across the seafloor
latitude of the equator
shows the interior layers of the Earth
