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1
The great Rift Valley in Africa is a _______.
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
mid ocean ridge
2
the sea floor was mapped in 1940s and 1950s by __________
earth quakes
clonar
sonar
seismic waves
3
the following is evidence that supports continental drift
fossils
outer core
inner core
crust
4
continental drift is the theory that __________
waves move the continents
oceanic crust
the continents are in the same place
the continents slowly moved
5
plates move at a rate of ______-________ cm per year
9-0
23-32
1-2
2-3
6
the following is evidence that supports continental drift
mountains
outer core
sand
crust
7
which layer do convection currents occur?
inner core
asthenosphere
crust
lithosphere
8
the following is evidence that supports continental drift
trees
fock rormations
sand
rock formations
9
_________are formed when two continental plates collide.
Mountain ranges
Rift valleys
Volcanoes
Strike-slip boundaries
10
the ________ detects ______ reversals in the oceans crust which parallels the mid-ocean ridge
astrolabe, magnetic
earthquakes, magnetic
compass, magnetic
cute, cat
11
the ____ is a rigid layer and is less dense than the material below it, therefore it _____
floats, crust
asthenosphere, convection
inner core, sinks
crust, floats
12
The crust and the upper ________ move around as evidence of _______________ ______________
Plate Techtonics, Mantle
mantle techtonics, plates
mantle, plate techtonics
13
The Glomar Challenger gathered information about rocks on the ______.
Lithosphere
Pangaea
Continental drift
Sea floor
14
age of rocks and the growth of the atlantic ocean supports ________
waves
Pangaea
sea floor spreading
15
One plate is forced under another at a
Continental drift
Asthenosphere
Subduction zone
Divergent boundary
16
as the sea floor spreads apart along a _________ new seafloor is __________
ridge, created
sand, created
volcano, eliminated
pigs, created
17
The fossil plant that helped support the theory of continental drift is_________.
Glossopteris
Messosaurus
Pangaea
Glomar
18
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19
it is believed that convection currents are the force behind ________
asthenosphere
earth layers
Plate Techtonics
20
the lithosphere is part of the upper mantle and ______
outer core
crust
mantle
asthenosphere
21
Plates slide past one another at
Transform boundaries
Subduction zones
Divergent boundaries
Convection zones
22
millions of years ago, all the continents were one land mass called __________
inner core
Pangaea
crust
Pancakes
23
Earth's thick, plastic like layer is the ______
Asthenosphere
Subduction zone
Mid-oceanic ridge
Continental drift
24
The _________ is an example of a transform boundary.
Appalachian Mountains
Miss-Atlantic Ridge
Himalaya mountains
San Andreas Fault
25
____________ causes hot, plastic like rock in the asthenosphere to rise toward the surface.
Lithospheres
Rift valleys
Continental drift
Convection currents