Plate Tectonics

Who is the German meteorologist who formed the hypothesis of continental drift.

• Harry Hess
• Alfred Wegener
• Alfred Dewire
• Theresa Wentling

According to the theory of continental drift, the continents were part of one landmass called_________.

• PAE
• PANGAEA
• PANGEEA
• PAM

According to the theory of seafloor spreading, hot less dense material rises toward the surface at____________.

• magnetic poles
• south pole
• mid-ocean ridges
• asthenospheres

Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections called__________.

• plates
• mantle
• core
• inner core

Plates move on top of the ________.

• mantle
• inner core
• outer core
• crust

The upper rigid part of Earth that contains the crust and part of the upper mantle is called the _________.

• asthensosphere
• inner core
• lithosphere
• glossoposphere

The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking is called____.

• convection currents
• water cycle
• Earth cycle
• tension force

What landforms can form along convergent boundaries?

• volcanoes
• mountains
• ocean basins
• all

The youngest rock in the ocean floor are located at the _______.

• magnetic field
• magma field
• mid-ocean ridge
• mid-land ridge

The presence of the same _____ on several continents support the idea of continental drift.

• fossils
• rocks
• climate
• all