IQWST ES3 - Final Review

Front

Where will you find the oldest rocks within the oceanic crust? Options: closest to the ridge, in the middle of the ocean, farthest from the ridge, at divergent boundaries

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farthest from the ridge

Front

When two continental plates converge, what forms? Options: mid-ocean ridge, oceanic trench, volcanic mountains, mountain range

Back

mountain range

Front

What is responsible for moving tectonic plates?

Back

convection

Front

Where in the Earth does the convection that drives plate tectonics occur?

Back

mantle

Front

What powers convection in the mantle?

Back

heat from the core

Front

The mid-ocean ridge forms at this type of boundary:

Back

divergent

Front

When oceanic plate subducts, a ____ forms.

Back

trench

Front

What is true about Earth's continents?

Back

They are part of tectonic plates.

Front

Hard plates made of rock can bend and fold over time.

Back

True

Front

Which of the following choices did Wegner give as evidence for continental drift? Fit of continents, rock sequence, glacial evidence. Identical fossil species on different continents (both plant and animal), Antarctic climate changes. Sea-floor spreading, mid-ocean ridge, and trenches. Fit of continents, rock sequence, glacial evidence AND Identical fossil species on different continents, Antarctic climate changes.

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Fit of continents, rock sequence, glacial evidence AND Identical fossil species on different continents, Antarctic climate changes.