Theory of Plate Tectonics

The German meteorologist who came up with the continental drift theory is?

• Albert Einstein

• Marie Currie

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

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When tectonic plates collide into one another, which type of boundary is this?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• all of the above

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Letter B on the diagram below represents which of the following:

• The oldest lithosphere/crust

• The youngest lithosphere/crust

• hot spot

• island chain

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What new technology enables scientists to track tectonic plate movement?

• the new Iphone

• a new smartwatch

• GPS tracking

• the new rover going to Mars called Perserverance

This diagram illustrates which of the following

• Formation of a non-volcanic mountain

• Two tectonic plates colliding

• Formation of a strike slip boundary

• Sea-Floor spreading

Which of the following does NOT provide evidence for the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

• Similar fossils found on different continents

• Continents seem to fit together

• Traces of glacial activity found on different continents

• Different types of rocks found on different continents

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The diagram illustrates that

• seafloor spreading occurs when two plates collide

• the oldest oceanic crust is located far from where the plates are separating

• the continents are slowly moving toward each other

• the youngest oceanic crust is located far from where it is separating

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What is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading

• Pangea

• How the continents are arranged today

• Volcanoes

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Underwater mountain belts where magma rises and solidifies.

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Oceanic Lithosphere

• Continental Lithosphere

• Himalayas

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The process where newly formed rock at mid-ocean ridges pushes the older oceanic slab in front of it.

• Ridge Push

• Slab Pull

• Convection Current

• Magnetic Reversal

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