Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading and Boundaries

True or false: The tectonic plates will never stop moving (a)  

• True
• False

What type of plate boundary is the Mid-Ocean Ridge? (a)  

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

In the Atlantic Ocean where is the youngest seafloor located?

• Towards the edges of the eastern and western continents.

• Towards the North and South Pole.

• Along the Mid-Ocean Ridge.

• Young seafloor is located randomly throughout the ocean.

Why did no one believe Wegener's hypothesis of Continental Drift?

• He could not explain HOW the continents moved.

• His data was incorrect.

• He did not use the right technology to gather data

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What evidence was used to support Continental Drift?

• Continents fitting together like a puzzle

• Fossils of Ferns on Antarctica

• Similar mountain ranges on different continents

• All of the above

What is this a picture of? (a)  

• Plate Tectonics
• Continental Drift
• Pangea

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Who created the hypothesis of Continental Drift? (a)  

• Harry Hess
• Alfred Wegner
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Albert Einstein

Most geologists rejected Wegener's idea of Continental Drift because _________.

• He used too many pieces of evidence to support the idea.

• He wanted to know what Earth looked like millions of years ago, which is impossible.

• He couldn't identify what would cause continents to move around.

• They were afraid of the new idea.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Process by which new ocean crust forms.

• Seafloor spreading

• Continental drift

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Rift

Who came up with the theory of seafloor spreading?

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegner

• Albert Einstein

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