Continental Drift/Seafloor Spreading

Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

• He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.

• He wanted to know what Earth looked like millions of years ago, which is impossible.

• He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move around.

• They were afraid of the new idea.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used the fit of the continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used matching mountain ranges across different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used evidence of glaciers in places now too warm as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What were 2 kinds of evidence were used to prove that the seafloor spread?

• rock formations, WWII shipwrecks

• magnetic seafloor stripes, WWII ship logs

• magnetic seafloor stripes, age of rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegener used matching matching fossils of the same organisms on different continents as evidence to support his hypothesis of Continental Drift.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

• Seafloor spreading

• Continental drift

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Rift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The zone where one plate slides under another is called the

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Undersea mountain range.

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2