Plate Tectonics Intro Quiz

Why was Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift not accepted at first in the scientific community?

• Nobody liked him

• His evidence was not related to his theory

• He could not explain how/why the continents moved.

• There was no scientific community

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What was the name of the ship captain that helped support Wegener's theory

• Harry Hess

• Elmer Fud

• Sweeny Todd

• Captain Kirk

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What was the key to finding proof that tectonic plates were moving?

• lower sea levels

• climate change

• New technology

• Wheaties

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What geological feature was found at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean midway between North/South America and Europe/Africa, that stretched north of Iceland down to Antarctica?

• Mariana Trench

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Hawaiian Islands

• The Amazon

Check all the boxes that include new technology that enabled scientists to accept Wegener's Theory on Continental Drift and support Plate Tectonics:

• Sonar

• Magnetometers

• Radiometric dating

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True or False...As you move FURTHER AWAY from the mid-Atlantic ridge, the seafloor (rock) gets older.

• True

• False

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True or False... Patterns of changing magnetics fields are identical on either side of the mid-Atlantic ridge.

• True

• False

What is responsible for moving tectonic plates?

• Hades

• Convection Currents in the mantle

• wind currents

• solar radiation

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What are the three types of plate boundaries?

• Convergent, concealment, and concentration

• Convergent, contingent, and transverse

• Conform, divulge, and transpire

• Convergent, Divergent, and Transform

Plate boundaries where the plates are moving away from each other are called ________________.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform