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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which of the following was NOT used in support of the continental drift hypothesis?
fossil evidence
paleomagnetisim
ancient climate
fit of South America and Africa
What was the MAIN reason Wegener's continental drift hypothesis was rejected?
he was not well liked by other scientists
He could not provide a mechansm for the movement of the contients
He could provide only illogical explanations for the movement of the continents
His evidence was incorrect
Which of the following statements correctly describes the asthenosphere?
It is a thin, cold and rigid layer
It is the source of Earth's heat
It moves, which moves plates
It occurs only near subduction zones
A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can result in a _____________.
mid ocean ridge
volcanic island arc
continental volcanic arc
subduction zone
Which of the following does NOT occur at a subduction zone?
The leading edges of both plates are bent upwrd
Oceanic crust is pushed down into the mantle
A continental plate moves over an oceanic plate
One oceanic plate moves beneath another oceanic plate
If a subduction zone occurs near the coast, active volcanoes would likely be found ___________.
On the oceanic side of the trench
Along the trench
At the ends of the trench
On the continental side of the trench
The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...
Pangea
Continental Drift
Natural Selection
Gravity
The Mid-Ocean Ridge was created by this boundary
Divergent
Convergent
Reform
Transform
Subduction zones in the ocean can create which features?
islands
volcanoes
earthquakes
all of the above
As you travel from the INNER CORE to the CRUST, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?
They would all increase
They would all decrease.
They would stay the same.
Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.
