Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Quiz (7.10A Word)

What is the process called where the ocean floor spreads apart at mid-ocean ridges?

• Convection

• Seafloor Spreading

• Plate Tectonics

• Divergent Boundary

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What evidence supports the theory of Continental Drift?

• Fossil Evidence

• Magnetic Striping

• Glacial Striations

• All of the above.

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Which scientist is known for his work on seafloor spreading?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

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Who proposed the idea of continental drift in 1912?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• Charles Darwin

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What is the process called where heat from inside Earth causes the material in the mantle to move, helping drive the movement of tectonic plates?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Reflection

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True or False: Convergent boundaries can lead to the formation of volcanoes.

• True

• False

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Fossils are ______ of organisms that lived in the past.

• mineral replacements

• preserved remains

• traces

• all of the above

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Who developed the idea of seafloor spreading?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Marie Tharp

• Charles Darwin

What is an index fossil?

• A fossil that lived for a long time

• A fossil found only in one location

• A fossil that lived for a short time and found all over the world, used by scientists to determine the age of rocks

• A fossil that is not used by scientists.

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Fill in the blank: The diagram shows magnetic striping over _______ of years.

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

• billions

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