Geologists obtain indirect evidence about Earth's interior by...

measuring pressure at the surface

estimation of temperature in the layers

Which of the following did not support continental drift?

magnetic striping on the ocean floor

identical fossils on continents

Mountains form from ...

plates sliding past one another

plates moving away from each other

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

farthest from a mid-ocean ridge

the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

another name for continental drift

Plate movement is caused by ______________.

convection currents in the mantle

Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

He could not explain HOW the continents moved

He didn't use the right technology to gather data

The Himalayas are formed because of what kind of plate movement?

two continental plates colliding

a continental plate being subducted under another

two plates sliding past one another

What observation can we make about Earth’s lithosphere AND asthenosphere?

The lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere

The asthenosphere floats on top of the lithosphere.

The crust and the core make up the lithosphere.

The crust and mantle make up the asthenosphere.

Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics

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1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

Tectonic plates on the crust move.

The mantle increases in size.

Pressure in the crust increases.

Pressure in the crust decreases.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?

The sun

The crust

the mantle

the core

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Name the boundary

convergent boundary

divergent boundary

transform boundary

sergent boundary

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Name the boundary

convergent boundary

divergent boundary

transform boundary

sergent boundary

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A subduction zone is formed...

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

at every type of convergent plate boundary

at every type of divergent plate boundary

at transform boundaries

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are mid-ocean ridges?

A chain of underwater waterfalls

A chain of underwater volcanos

A chain of underwater mountains

A chain of underwater rocks

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the theory of continental drift state?

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

Continents are stationary and do not move

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

none of the above

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Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle?

Name the boundary

Name the boundary

A subduction zone is formed...

What are mid-ocean ridges?

What does the theory of continental drift state?

This land formation occurs at a divergent continental/ continental boundary.

Geologists obtain indirect evidence about Earth's interior by...

Which of the following did not support continental drift?

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