Alfred and Tectonics

A German scientist Alfred Wegener was the first to hypothesize that ...........

• Continents were once joined
• The sea floor is spreading
• Continents are moving
• The Earth's magnetic pole flips

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Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

• America, Greenland, and Europe.
• Antarctica, India, and America.
• all of Earth’s continents.
• South Africa, India, Australia, and South America.

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Evidence used by Wegener to supported his idea of continental drift included

• Ocean rocks and sediments
• Ocean floor topography
• Magnetic isochron patterns
• Climatic data

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One of the fossils Wegener used to support his hypothesis of continental drift was

• Glossopteris
• Trilobite
• insects in tree amber
• ammonite molds

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Peer scientists reviewing Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift rejected his notion because

• His evidence was too few to make a valid conclusion 
• He did not explain how continents move and what moves them
• His evidence was not clear in showing  how continents were joined
• He lied by including false evidence

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Where are most divergent boundaries located?

• Along the middle of most ocean floors
• Along the margins of most continents
• Across the middle of many continents
• All the above options are correct

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What type of features are associated with a divergent boundary?

• Rift valleys
• Volcanic mountains
• Fold mountains
• Fault block mountains

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What type of rock makes most of the oceanic crust

• Sedimentary
• Basalt
• Metamorphic
• Limestone

The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

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A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

• Pull apart

• Come together

• Slide past each other

• subducting

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