Which piece of evidence was not used by Wegener to support his theory of continental drift?

South America and Africa coastlines

According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,

the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

it did not agree with their current theory

Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago

Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis

What were magnetic stripes on the ocean floor used to show?

the seafloor was spreading outward from the mid-Atlantic ridge

the seafloor was spreading inward toward the mid-Atlantic ridge

the seafloor was effectively stationary

natural magnetic rocks always form in the mantle of the Earth

The youngest rocks on the seafloor are most likely found...

farthest from a mid-ocean ridge

The Andes Mountains are a volcanic mountain range located on the western coast of South America. The plate boundary located in this region is most likely an area of-

subduction because the plates are colliding

folded mountains because the plates are colliding

mid-ocean ridges because the plates are pulling apart

ocean-floor spreading because the plates are spreading apart

The San Andreas Fault is a crack in the Earth's crust that runs the length of California. What plate boundary feature caused this?

an inactive convergent boundary

What geologic process formed the Himalayas?

two continental plates converging

an earthquake in a subduction zone

a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot

movement at a transform fault boundary

What is a magnetic field reversal?

when Earth's magnetic field is flipped so that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged

when Earth's magnetic field suddenly disappears for short periods of time

when Earth's magnetic field suddenly runs east/west instead of south/north

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Name this plate boundary.

divergent

convergent

transform

allegiant

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Name this plate boundary.

divergent

convergent

transform

transformers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Name this plate boundary.

divergent

convergent

transform

insurgent

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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200-300 million years ago, the continents were joined in a single land mass called...

Pan America

Pangaea

Pan Acean

'Murica

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Who is known as the "Father of Continental Drift"?

Harry Hess

Abraham Ortelius

Alfred Wegner

John Tuzo Wilson

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What are the deepest places on Earth formed by pushing oceanic crust under continental crust?

mid-ocean ridges

rift valleys

trenches

mountain ranges

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What forms when denser oceanic crust is pushed under less dense oceanic crust?

mountains

volcanic islands

rift valleys

mid-ocean ridges

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Plate Tectonics

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Name this plate boundary.

Name this plate boundary.

Name this plate boundary.

200-300 million years ago, the continents were joined in a single land mass called...

Who is known as the "Father of Continental Drift"?

What are the deepest places on Earth formed by pushing oceanic crust under continental crust?

What forms when denser oceanic crust is pushed under less dense oceanic crust?

This theory states that Earth's plates move on top of the mantle at a slow and constant rate due to convection currents

Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around are called?

Which piece of evidence was not used by Wegener to support his theory of continental drift?

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