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Question 1

Which scientist proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 2

___is the thinnest layer of solid rock that includes both dry lands and the ocean floor

Accepted Answer

Crust

Question 3

What 2 landmasses created the Himalayan mountains?

Accepted Answer

Asia & India

Question 4

Where in the ocean does seafloor spreading occur?

Accepted Answer

Mid-ocean ridges

Question 5

Mrs. Stacey's favorite drink is Diet Coke.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

The Earth is made up of what that are constantly moving?

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates

Question 7

Evidence of dead plants and animals that supports the Continental Drift Theory

Accepted Answer

Fossils

Question 8

Which layer has the most movement?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 9

Which sphere is the "stone sphere"

Accepted Answer

Lithosphere

Question 10

What evidence do fossils, glacial striations, landforms & puzzle pieces support?

Accepted Answer

Continental Drift Theory

Question 11

The Earth is made up of what that are constantly moving?

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates

Question 12

Which continent matches up with South America?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 13

Which layer is responsible for the plate movement?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 14

Who is the best 6th-grade science teacher in room 505 at TMS?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Stacey, Mrs. Stacey, Mrs. Stacey, Mrs. Stacey

Question 15

What is magma called when it reaches the Earth’s surface?

Accepted Answer

Lava

Question 16

What force that moves the continents?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

Question 17

What are the scratches on rocks that are made by glaciers?

Accepted Answer

Striations

Question 18

What is the formation of new oceanic crust, which occurs through the eruption of molten material at mid-ocean ridges?

Accepted Answer

Sea-floor Spreading

Question 19

What scientist suggested seafloor spreading?

Accepted Answer

Harry Hess

Question 20

Which sphere is the "weak sphere"

Accepted Answer

Asthenosphere

Question 21

Which layer of the Earth is responsible for plate movement?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

Question 22

What erupts from the ocean floor during seafloor spreading?

Accepted Answer

Molten material

Question 23

What is the force that moves the continents?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents

Question 24

Rock formations, rivers, and lakes appear to match up on different continents due to which piece of evidence?

Accepted Answer

Landforms

Question 25

Which piece of evidence explains why palm tree fossils have been found in very cold regions of Earth?

Accepted Answer

Climate with Glacial evidence

Question 26

What is the name of the Supercontinent?

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

Question 27

____ is the layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner core.

Accepted Answer

Outer core

Question 28

___ is the dense ball of solid metal.

Accepted Answer

Inner core

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