evidence of continental drift

Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• Fossils records found on different continents.

• Mountains

• Glaciers Scratches in the rock

• Sand Erosion

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Where would the youngest rock be found?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Are the parts of the Earth where one slab of the crust is slowly sliding under another.

• Subduction

• Transform Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

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What is the process that drives the movement of the tectonic plates?

• Movement of the ocean currents.

• The gravitational pull of the moon.

• Convection currents in the mantle.

• The magnetic field of the earth.

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The youngest rocks would be located _____

• Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• farthest away from the mid-ocean ridge

• Next to the ocean trench

• On the continents.

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangaea

• glacier scaring

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How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

• Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
• Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.
• Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
• all of the above

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The theory of continental drift named a key part of this idea Pangaea. What is Pangaea?

• One of the ancient animals that helped Wegener prove that fossils from different continents originally came from the same location
•  supercontinent that existed in Earth's distant past
• The underwater ocean range in the middle of the ocean
• The hot spot which gave rise to the Hawaiian Islands, among others

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Most geologist think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by

• the rotation of the Earth.

• the Earth's magnetic field.

• subduction.

• convection currents.

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