Theory of Plate Tectonics

Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer core

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Which below is a possible cause of tectonic plate motion?

• ocean tides

• the sun

• convection currents

• current weather patterns

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The German meteorologist who came up with the continental drift theory is?

• Albert Einstein

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

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This diagram illustrates which of the following

• Formation of a non-volcanic mountain

• Two tectonic plates colliding

• Formation of a strike slip boundary

• Sea-Floor spreading

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Which of the following does NOT provide evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• Similar fossils found on different continents

• Continents seem to fit together

• Traces of glacial activity found on different continents

• Different types of rocks found on different continents

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The diagram illustrates that

• seafloor spreading occurs when two plates collide

• the oldest oceanic crust is located far from where the plates are separating

• the continents are slowly moving toward each other

• the youngest oceanic crust is located far from where it is separating

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According to Wegener's theory of continental drift,

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

• the continents do not drift

• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have slowly moved.

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What is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading
• Pangea
• How the continents are arranged today
• Volcanoes

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What is Pangea?

• the name of a German scientist

• the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

• another name for continental drift

• the name of an ancient fossil

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What is the process that continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge?

• subduction

• continental drift

• convergent

• sea floor spreading

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