Unit 6: Plate Tectonics

Who was the first person to give the idea of continental drift?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Fredrick Vine

• Drummond Matthews

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Glacial deposits were found in areas that are now tropical and dessert type climates. This proves...

• The entire Earth once was an ice sheet.

• The near the equator temperatures were different from today.

• The these areas must have been closer to the poles

• That the poles were located in different location compared to today.

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Climate distribution on Earth is primarily controlled by ______.

• Earth's geological history

• latitude

• longitude

• plants and animals living in the area

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What is the name of the large ocean from 200 million years ago?

• Pangaea

• Gondwanan

• Tethys

• Panthalassa

Around 300 million years ago when the continents were assembled together, which landmass

did not touch North America?

• Greenland

• Europe

• South America

• Africa

• Australia

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Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Stanley Miller

• Frederick Vine

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Why did people doubt Alfred Wagner's ideas about the continents?

• He had not enough evidence.

• His information about rock sequencing was incorrect

• He did not have the "how" to explain his ideas.

• Glacial Evidence was not strong enough to prove his ideas.

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The seafloor magnetic pattern is best described as ________.

• not related to the location of mid-ocean ridges

• parallel to and symmetric about mid-ocean ridges

• parallel to, but not symmetric about mid-ocean ridges

• perpendicular to and symmetric about mid-ocean ridges

• perpendicular to, but not symmetric about mid- ocean ridges

Which of the following statements is TRUE of the lithosphere?

• The lithosphere is composed only of outer mantle material

• The lithosphere is composed only of igneous rock.

• The lithosphere is composed of only metamorphic rock

• The lithosphere is composed of the crust and the uppermost portion of the mantle

• The lithosphere is composed of the inner portion of the mantle and the outer core.

Oldest ocean rock dates ________.

• 3.5 bya

• 180 bya

• 180 mya

• 3.5 mya

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