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Continental Drift & Sea-Floor Spreading

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Supercontinent that thrived 250 million years ago called?

a)

Pandalanda

b)

Pangaea

c)

Pangee

d)

Amerieurasiaustrartafrica

2.

Select the Evidence from Land Features that Supported Continental Drift. (Pick all Answers that Apply)

a)

Mountain Ranges

b)

Molten Rock

c)

The Atmosphere

d)

Coal Beds

e)

Magnetic Stripes

3.

Select the Evidence from Fossils that Supported Continental Drift. (Pick all Answers that Apply)

a)

Glossopteris Fossils

b)

T-Rex Fossils

c)

Mesosaurus Fossils

d)

Lystrosaurus Fossils

e)

Oak Tree Fossils

4.

Select the Evidence from Climate Change that Supported Continental Drift. (Pick all Answers that Apply)

a)

Glacial Deposits in South Africa

b)

Warm Weather Plant Fossils Found in Spitsbergen

c)

Magnetic Stripes

d)

Magma

e)

The Inner Core

5.

Why was Alfred Wegners hypothesis Rejected?

a)

He Couldn’t Explain when the Continents Moved.

b)

He Couldn’t Explain how the Continents Moved.

c)

He Couldn’t Explain why the Continents Moved.

d)

He Couldn’t Explain where the Continents Moved.

6.

What is a Mid-Ocean Ridge?

a)

A series of underwater mountain ranges.

b)

An underwater volcano.

c)

An above-ground Mountain.

d)

A trench where the Oceanic Crust Dives below the Continental Crust.

7.

What is the Process of Sea-Floor Spreading similar to?

a)

An airplane.

b)

An escalator.

c)

An Elevator.

d)

A conveyor belt.

8.

Who proposed the Theory of Sea-Floor Spreading?

a)

Alfred Wegner

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Mrs. Brook

d)

Albert Einstein

9.

Where would the oldest Rock created by the Mid-Ocean Trench be?

a)

Furthest Away from the Sides of the Trench.

b)

Closest to the Sides of the Trench.

10.

Select the Three Types of Evidence used to support Sea-Floor Spreading. (Pick all answers that apply)

a)

Ages of Rocks

b)

Glacial Deposits

c)

Molten Material

d)

Magnetic Stripes

e)

Fossils

11.

The magnetic Field has _____________ itself through history.

a)

Expanded

b)

Reversed

c)

Shrunk

d)

Moved

12.

Deep underwater Canyons are known as ___________ __________.

a)

Volcanos

b)

Mountains

c)

Deep-Ocean Trenches

d)

Cavez

13.

The process by which oceanic crust dives under the continental crust is called _____________.

a)

Convergent

b)

Convection

c)

Transform

d)

Subduction

14.

What can Subduction do to Oceans? (Select all Answers that Apply)

a)

Change Size

b)

Change State of Matter

c)

Change Color

d)

Change Shape

e)

Change Density

15.

The Pacific Ocean is ______ and The Atlantic Ocean is ________.

a)

Shrinking; Expanding

b)

Swapping; Evaporating

c)

Condensing; Melting

16.

Answer Yes to Get a Free Answer

a)

Yes

b)

No