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Who proposed the theory of Pangea?

• Isaac Newton

• Charles Darwin

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

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What did Alfred Wegener struggle to explain about Pangea?

• How it formed

• All of the above

• How continents moved

• Why it split up

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What geological feature's mapping supported the theory of continental drift in the 1950s?

• The Grand Canyon

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Himalayas

• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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What process did Harry Hess propose to explain the movement of the Earth's surface?

• Earthquakes

• Volcanic eruptions

• Erosion

• Seafloor spreading

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What drives the movement of tectonic plates according to the theory of plate tectonics?

• Magnetic fields

• Gravity

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Solar energy

How fast do tectonic plates move?

• As fast as a walking human

• As fast as hair grows

• As fast as fingernails grow

• As fast as a snail

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What is the primary cause of earthquakes?

• Movement of tectonic plates

• Volcanic eruptions

• Tidal forces

• Meteor impacts

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Where is volcanic activity most common on Earth?

• At divergent boundaries

• In desert regions

• Near polar ice caps

• On islands

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What geological feature is created when two continental plates converge?

• Lakes

• Canyons

• Mountain ranges

• Oceans

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What is the unifying theory that ties together the entire field of geology?

• Relativity

• Evolution

• Plate tectonics

• Gravity

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