2025 - Earth Science

Hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single Landmass then broke apart:

What was the name of Alfred Wegener's idea about the movement of continents?

Where would you most likely find new rock?

The surface of the Earth is called the:

How do scientists know about the structure of the Earth’s interior?

The flow of material in the inner core is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field.

What landform feature would not be found at a convergent plate boundary?

Which of the following was NOT a piece of evidence used by Alfred Wegener?

What was Alfred Wegener's scientific profession?

Scientist who came up with the hypothesis of Continental Drift was who?

A Hot Spot volcano would likely appear in the middle of a tectonic plate.

What was Marie Tharp's discovery that helped prove Wegener's idea?

Convection currents in the mantle are caused by differences in what?

What landform feature forms when two oceanic plates diverge from one another?

Pressure increases from the Earth's surface toward the center of the planet.

Continents were once joined together in a single large landmass called what?

Which of the following can occur at all three plate boundaries?

Which layer of the Earth is made up of the least elements?

Which part of the Earth is in liquid form?

Pangea was a supercontinent that existed about 1000 years ago

Which of the following was NOT a reason that the scientific community rejected Wegener's idea of continental drift?

Convection currents occur in the ____________.

What are two different types of crust?