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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Questions
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Who proposed the concept of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
Hess Harry
Albert Vegener
According to the theory of continental drift, how would a world map have changed over 250 years?
Would have shown Pangea instead of 6 continents
Would have shown Pangea instead of 7 continents
Would have shown Hess instead of 7 continents
Would have shown Pangea instead of 5 continents
What evidence supported the theory of continental drift? Select all that apply.
Continents fit together like a puzzle
Gold mines
Fossils
Folded mountains
Coal mines
Who is an American scientist that helped to discover the process of sea floor spreading?
Hess Harry
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Vegener
Harry Hess
Along what feature of the ocean floor does sea-floor spreading begin?
With a surfaced ocean trench
With a small continental ridge
With a deep ocean trench
With a mid ocean ridge
Where would you expect to find the oldest rock on the sea-floor?
Farthest from a deep ocean trench
Closest to a mid ocean ridge
Farthest from a mid ocean ridge
Closest to a deep ocean trench
What is a deep ocean trench?
Underwater mountain range
Underwater canyon
Surfaced canyon
Surfaced mountain
