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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
• glacier scars and evidence from temperature
• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents
• all of the above

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Name this plate boundary.

• divergent
• convergent 
• transform
• insurgent

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Which direction are plates moving at a convergent boundary?

• away from each other
• going towards each other
• sliding past each other
• they don't move

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Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

• America, Greenland, and Europe.
• Antarctica, India, and America.
• all of Earth’s continents.
• South Africa, India, Australia, and South America.

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What feature is labeled B in Figure 9-1?

• trench
• ocean ridge
• Volcanic Island Arc
• Continental Volcanic Arc

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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 do these color strips show between South America and Africa with the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• Similar cultures

• Similar fossils

• Similar languages

• Similar weather

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What is the term for a heavier, denser plate sliding under a less dense plate?

• submersion

• plate boundary

• acceleration

• subduction

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The plate boundary shown in the image is a ______ boundary because...

• Convergent; the plates are moving away from each other.

• Convergent; the plates are moving towards each other.

• Divergent; the plates are moving towards each other.

• Divergent; the plates are moving away from each other.

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What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Subdermal

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