Astronomy

What are the three pieces of evidence Wegener used as proof for the Pangea Theory?

• Similar rock types on different continents.

• Continents that fit together like a puzzle.

• Matching fossils pieces.

• Similar fossils in multiple continents.

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In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

• in deep-ocean trenches.

• along the edges of all the continents.

• along mid-ocean ridges.

• at the north and south plates.

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The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath an deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as:

• continental drift.

• subduction.

• conduction.

• convection.

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The process of ___________ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge.

• plate tectonics

• seafloor spreading

• continental drift

• convection

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What kind of plate boundary is shown on the picture?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Trench

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What kind of plate boundary is shown on the picture?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Trench

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What kind of plate boundary is shown on the picture?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Trench

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Which of the following describes a deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor? (g on the diagram)

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Trench

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The biosphere is:

• Includes the living portions of the Earth.

• Includes the solid and liquid ice portions of Earth.

• Includes a mixture of gas and small particles located above the Earth’s surface. 

• Includes the solid portions of the Earth.

The hydrosphere is:

• Includes the living portions of the Earth.

• Includes the solid and liquid ice portions of Earth.

• Includes a mixture of gas and small particles located above the Earth’s surface. 

• Includes the solid portions of the Earth.

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