Unit 5 Review Game (Plate Tectonics)

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What is the suggestion that the continents are in constant motion? Options: seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, convection cells, continental drift

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continental drift

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Who developed the hypothesis suggesting that the continents are in constant motion? Options: Harry Hess, James Hutton, Alfred Wegener, Albert Einstein

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Alfred Wegener

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What is the theory that new seafloor is spreading at ridges and pushed lithospheric plates?

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seafloor spreading

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Who developed the theory that new seafloor is spreading at ridges and pushed lithospheric plates?

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Harry Hess

Front

What is the movement of hot material rising and cool material sinking in a circular pattern?

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convection cells

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As a climatologist, which of the following provided Wegener with supporting evidence for his hypothesis? Egyptian hieroglyphics, ancient scrolls, ancient aliens, glacial deposits

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glacial deposits

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What type of boundary occurs when two (2) tectonic plates come together or combine?

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convergent

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What type of boundary occurs when two (2) tectonic plates slide past each other?

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transform

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What type of boundary occurs when two (2) tectonic pull apart from each other?

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divergent

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Above a subduction zone (such as the Pacific Ring of Fire), what structure forms and magma forces its way to the surface?

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volcano