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WorksheetsScience Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 16mins
In 1960 scientists suggested that____________________
Seafloor spreading continuously destroys material new material to the floor of the ocean
Seafloor spreading continuously removes old material new material to the floor of the ocean
Seafloor spreading continuously adds new material new material to the floor of the ocean
There are long strings of mountain ridges under the ocean called_____________
Sub Oceanic Ridges
Mid-Oceanic Ridges
Oceanic Ridges
Mid-Oceanic Ranges
Wegener in his theory of continental drift named his supercontinent ___________which means _____________
...Wegener which means "Many Continents"
...Wegener which means "The World'
...Pangaea which means "All lands"
...Wegener which means nothing
wegener realized that fossils of the same animals were found on______________ they could not have easily crossed the ocean.
Diffferent States
Different Planets
In the exact same spot
On different continents
The Earth's inner core is in the ______________ state of matter
Liquid
Solid
Plasma
Gas
The Earth's Outer core is in the ______________ state of matter
Plasma
Gas
Liquid
Solid
The Earth's Mantle is in the ______________ state of matter
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
The Earth's Crust is in the ______________ state of matter
Solid
Plasma
Liquid
Gas
Which one of these support Wegener's Theory?
Tectonic plates
Mountain ranges
Magma
Gas
Which one of these support Wegener's Theory?
Colliding boundaries
Fossils
Tectonic Plates
Which one of these support Wegener's Theory?
Underwater volcanoes
Convergent boundaries
Climate Change
Molecules
Spreading Boundaries are also called_____________Boundaries
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Colliding Boundaries are also called_____________Boundaries
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Sliding Boundaries are also called_____________Boundaries
Tectonic
Transform
Transfer
What is Subduction
New crust is constantly made whenever the seafloor spreads which is why the earth gets BIGGER
The sea floor keeps spreading to make new crust, this creates deep canyons where old crust is destroyed in the mantle... Basically recycling
The sea floor keeps closing up to destroy crust, this is what the theory of the earth will die is all about.
The sea floor keeps spreading to make new crust.
That's it.
Earth Grows.
It
Will
Be
Bigger
Than
The
Sun
What is the Asthenosphere made of
Basalt
Granite
Oobleck
Tar
What Describes the Asthenosphere best
Abrasive; Solid
Smooth, Solid
Tar-Like
Oobleck
What is the Lithosphere made of
Granite
Tar
Basalt
Obsidian
What describes the Lithosphere best?
Tar-Like
Liquid
Solid/Rock
Oobleck
