continental drift

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the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

• divergent boundary

• mid ocean ridge

• convergent boundary

• sea floor spreading

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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What is a divergent plate boundary?

• A boundary between two plates that are moving apart
• A boundary between two plates that are crashing together
• A boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other
• A boundary between two plates that are not moving

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Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.

• Pandora

• Gandowandaland

• Pangaea

• Percia

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What was Wegener’s continental drift idea?

• The continents have moved slowly apart to their current locations.

• The continents have always been located at their current locations.

• The continents are moving slowly together from their current locations.

• None of these

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True or False-Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

• True

• False

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This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• Africa has always been near the equator
• Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
• The continents have not moved
• sea floor spreading

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What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

• Africa and North America

• South America and Europe

• South America and Africa

• Antarctica and Africa

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True or False-The continents including the continental margins can be pieced together to form a single whole continent.

• True

• False

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What are the three types of Evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's Theory?

• Fossils, Fish, and Land

• Sedimentary, Magma, and Climate

• Fossils, Land forms, and Climate

• Climate, Land forms, and Metamorphic rock

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Where would the oldest rock be found?

• L
• M
• N
• O

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What is the force that moves the continents?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Conveyor belts