Wegener/SFS and subduction

What ocean is growing by sea floor spreading?

• Atlantic
• Pacific

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What ocean is shrinking by subduction?

• Atlantic
• Pacific

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What device was used by scientists to discover what was happening under the ocean?

• sonar
• radar

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What is the name of the underwater mountain range that is splitting Iceland?

• Mid Atlantic Ridge

• San Andreas Fault

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was Wegener's theory?

• the earth is flat

• the continents were once joined together

What is Pangaea?

• an underwater mountain chain

• a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What did Wegener notice about the continents?

• their coastlines fit together like puzzle pieces

• most of them start with the letter A

Wegener found similar fossils on continents that are now?

• joined by land bridges

• separated by water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Evidence of glaciers was found on what two warm continents?

• Africa and South America

• Australia and Africa

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of boundary formed the Himalaya mountains?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1