
Wegener and Tharp's Ocean Discoveries

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9th - 12th Grade
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Lucas Foster
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name of the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener?
Laurasia
Gondwana
Pangaea
Atlantis
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the young cartographer that helped support Wegener's theory?
Marie Tharp
Bruce Heezen
Howard Foster
Jacques Cousteau
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main reason Marie Tharp could not join early ocean expeditions?
Health issues
Insufficient training
Lack of funding
Prohibition of women on ships
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What technology did Bruce Heezen's team use to collect ocean depth data?
Satellite imaging
Underwater cameras
Echo soundings
Sonar mapping
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Marie Tharp's ocean floor profiles reveal?
A network of underwater rivers
A series of underwater mountains
A complex geography with a V-shaped cleft
A flat, featureless plain
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the initial reaction of the scientific community to Tharp's findings?
Immediate acceptance
Enthusiastic support
Indifference
Skepticism and dismissal
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Howard Foster's earthquake data suggest about mid-ocean ridges?
They were the result of meteor impacts
They were the cause of volcanic eruptions
They were unrelated to earthquakes
They were associated with earthquake activity
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