Ocean Depths Unit Review

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? 

• Supreme Continent

• Eurasia

• Plate tectonics

• Pangea

Which of the following did not support continental drift?

• magnetic striping on the ocean floor

• identical fossils on continents

• mountain ranges

• coastlines fit like a puzzle

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

• Continents are stationary and do not move

• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

• none of the above

Which of the following is NOT evidence that Wegner used to support continental drift?

• Shape and fit of the continents

• Magnetic reversals

• Matching fossils

• Ancient climates

Why was continental drift rejected?

• Lack of evidence

• Wegner was a meteorologist

• No reasonable explanation as to why the plates moved

A plate boundary where the two plates are moving apart.

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

A plate boundary where two plates are moving towards each other.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Type of convergent boundary where two continents collide.

• oceanic to oceanic subduction

• oceanic to continental subuction

• continental to continental collision

Heat from Earth's core is transferred the mantle by ______.

• convection

• slab-pull

• ridge-push

• hydrodynamics

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.

• near continents

• at mid-ocean ridges

• far from mid-ocean ridges

• near Asia