Plate Tectonics, Sea Floor Spreading, Thermal Heat Transfer.

Which year was Plate Tectonics proposed by Alfred Wegner?

• 1915

• 1918

• 1969

• 2020

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Alfred Wegner was the first person to propose that the Earth's continents fit together like a puzzle. What was this idea called?

• Pandora's Box.

• Kung Fu Panda.

• Pangea.

• Paleomagnetism.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegner proposed the idea that the continents had moved apart due to something called _______________ _________.

• Continental Slip.

• Continental Shift.

• Continental Drift.

• Continental Degradation.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Wegner's theory of Continental Drift was thrown out because he could not prove the __________________ that explained why the continents moved.

• time.

• period.

• climate.

• mechanism.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

What 2 major scientific & technological developments were discovered & used after World War I & II that led to the proof of continental drift from sea floor mapping?

• Sonar.

• Radar.

• Both A & B.

• None of these.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

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The idea that large pieces of land known as tectonic plates move away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge towards the continents is called....................

• Continental Collision.

• Deep Ocean Trenching.

• Sea Floor Spreading.

• Minecraft Farming.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Scientists discovered that certain parts of the seafloor were made of basaltic rock with a special property that proved the idea of sea floor spreading. This property showed polarity reversals because they were __________________ .

• melting.

• magentic.

• explosive.

• eroding.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In the Theory of Plate Tectonics, scientists finally agreed that the driving force behind the movement of plates is..............

• convection currents rising up from the Earth's mantle.

• ocean currents floating plates around.

• radiation from the Sun interacting with the Earth.

• conduction between continents close to each other.

Divergent Plate boundaries are where plates move........

• Towards each other.

• Slide past each other.

• Away from each other.

• None of these.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Convergent Plate boundaries are where plates move........

• Towards each other.

• Slide past each other.

• Away from each other.

• None of these.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2