Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Review

Why did scientist reject Wegener's idea of continental drift?

• it did not provide a force to cause plate motion

• they thought it was a fairytale

• his idea didn't account for gravity

• Wegener's idea had nothing wrong with it

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How were mid-ocean ridges discovered?

• a satellite

• submarine

• surveys of the ocean floor done by a ship

• divers

Why are magnetic patterns important evidence for plate tectonics?

• the patterns show the waves' movement

• it proves that new ocean floor moves away from the center of an ocean ridge

• magnetic patterns do not support plate tectonics

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What what the name of the supercontinent formed 250 million years ago?

• Pangaea

• Laurasia

• Gondwanda

• Neverland

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The hypothesis that says Earth continents once made up an ancient supercontinent and have been slowly floating apart ever since is called ?

• Plate Tectonics

• Natural Selection

• Continental Drift

• Relativity

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The youngest material of the ocean floor is found at ?

• close to an ocean ridge

• far away from an ocean ridge

• ocean trenches

• ocean rifts

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During seafloor spreading, molten material rises up rom the mantle...

• along the continents

• deep ocean trenches

• at the mid ocean ridges

• at north and south poles

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Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate?

• submarine

• subduction zone

• divergence zone

• lower zone

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Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur?

• along tectonic plate boundaries

• in the Arctic

• along the coast

• in the ocean

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The Theory of _______ ________ states that the Earh's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that are in constant, slow motion.

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Divergent Boundaries

• Plate Tectonics

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