Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift Test

1. The supercontinent that existed approximately 335 million years ago is called...

• Pangaea
• Parthenon
• Mid-Ocean ridge
• rift valleys

2, A chain of underwater mountains formed from seafloor spreading is called...

• Pangaea
• Parthenon
• Mid-ocean ridge
• rift valleys

3. The scientist who proposed the theory of Continental Drift is...

• Alfred Dumbledore
• Harry Hess
• Harry Potter
• Alfred Wegnener

4. The process by which new oceanic crust is created by the rising of magma at a mid-ocean ridge is called...

• Continental Drift
• Seafloor Spreading
• Continental Differentiation
• Seafloor rising

5. The theory that states that the Earth's plates have gradually moved over time is...

• Seafloor Spreading
• Pangaea
• Continental Drift
• Mid-ocean ridge

6. The evidence that proved that seafloor spreading occurs are... (3)

• fossils
• sea floor magnetism
• glacial deposits
• rocks
• melting of the polar ice caps

12. An explanation for how or why something occurs in the natural world is...

• scientific discovery
• scientific operations
• scientific theory
• scientific ideas

13. What country was Alfred Wegener from?

• Australia
• Austria
• Canada
• Germany

14. Alfred Wegener was a...

• meteorologist
• paleontologist
• geologist
• archeologist

15. Harry Hess was a...

• meteorologist
• paleontologist
• geologist
• archeologist