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Drifting Continents and Sea-Floor Spreading
Drifting Continents and Sea-Floor Spreading
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What process is the main cause for continental drift?
sea-floor spreading
global warming
earthquakes
subduction
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Who was the scientist who proposed the idea of continental drift?
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wegener
Megaladon
Marie Tharp
3
What geological structure is at point A
a volcano
subduction zone
deep-ocean trench
mid-ocean ridge
4
What geological structure is at point B
subduction zone
a volcano
deep-ocean trench
mid-ocean ridge
5
The process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle is known as
sea-floor spreading
subduction
mid-ocean ridge
deep-ocean ridge
6
A chain of underwater mountains along which sea-floor spreading occurs is a(n)
mid-ocean ridge
subduction
sea-floor spreading
deep-ocean trench
7
What is the name of the supercontinent that was on Earth 300 million years ago?
Eurasia
Pre-continents
Lurasia
Pangaea
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Where does subduction occur?
down the middle of mountain ranges
along the middle of some ocean floors
at deep-ocean trenches
on continents
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What process is occurring at the area marked with an X?
subduction
deep-ocean trench
a volcano
mid-ocean ridge
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What is the driving force of sea-floor spreading?
convection currents in the mantle
earth's magnetic field
colliding tectonic plates
underwater canyon formation
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A canyon on the ocean floor at which the crust bends downward is called a(n)
mid-ocean ridge
subduction
sea-floor spreading
deep-ocean trench
12
The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor is called
subduction
deep-ocean trench
sea-floor spreading
mid-ocean ridge