8th warm up 1-29

The German scientist who first proposed the Theory of Continental Drift 100 years ago?

• Harry Hess
• Penny Pangea
• Alfred Wegener
• Gary Gondwana

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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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What type of evidence was used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis? (Select 3)

• evidence from landforms / geology

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from climate

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According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

• Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

• Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

• Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

• South America and Africa were once connected together.

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The zone where one plate slides under another is called the

• Convergent zone
• Subduction zone
• Transform zone
• Mantle zone

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The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle is called

• Convection currents
• Compound currents
• heat currents
•  subcurrents

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When looking at mid ocean ridges the oldest rocks are 

• In the middle
• Found close to the rift zone
• Found far from the mid ocean ridges

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What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?

• Sonar
• Radar
• GPS

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Undersea mountain range.

• Rift
• Mid-ocean ridge
• seafloor spreading
• Continental drift

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Process by which new ocean crust forms.

• Seafloor spreading

• Continental drift

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Rift

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