Jenkins Plate Tectonics Video Quiz

Who proposed the idea of continental drift and the supercontinent Pangaea?

• Marie Tharp

• Harry Hess

• Bruce Heezen

• Alfred Wegener

What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his idea of continental drift?

• Fossil distribution

• Rock types

• All of the above

• Mountain range trends

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What did Bruce Heezen and Marie Tharp discover in the Atlantic Ocean in 1957?

• Underwater volcanoes

• A vast mid-Atlantic mountain spine

• A flat featureless plain

• Deep trenches

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What did Harry Hess propose about the seafloor in 1960?

• It was a flat featureless plain

• It was formed by underwater volcanoes

• It was like a giant conveyor belt

• It was constantly rising

How did Fred Vine and Drummond Matthews confirm the idea of seafloor spreading?

• By using paleomagnetism

• By measuring the temperature of the ocean water

• By analyzing the composition of the ocean floor

• By studying the ocean currents

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What is the name of the boundary where plates are moving away from each other?

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Subduction zone

What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault an example of?

• Convergent boundary

• Subduction zone

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

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What happens when two continental plates collide?

• The crust is compressed and mountain ranges are formed

• One plate is subducted

• The plates slide past each other

• Both plates are subducted

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What technology is used to detect plate motion?

• Radar

• Satellites

• Telescopes

• Sonar

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What is the current focus of research in plate tectonics?

• Exploring the evolution of complex life

• All of the above

• Comparing Earth's plate tectonics with Venus

• Studying the formation of new ocean floor

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