Plate boundaries

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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The OLDEST seafloor is located?

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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Which of the following scientists developed the hypothesis of sea floor spreading?

• Wegener

• Hess

• Einstein

• Churchill

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Where does Earth’s magnetic field get its energy from?

• The motion of the Earth's plates colliding with each other.

• The motion of the Earth's liquid core, which generates electric currents.

• The motion of the Earth's mantle which has convection currents.

• The motion of the Earth's rotation around the sun.

When two continental plates converge (collide) what type of crustal feature is formed?

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Subduction Zone

• Rift Valley

• Folded Mountains

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The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Volcanism

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What is happening in the mantle that is the driving force for plate tectonics?

• Convection currents

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

• Earthquakes

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Strike Slip

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Strike Slip

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