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WorksheetsShort Quiz on Plate Movements
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
The tectonic plates float on the _______.
inner core
outer core
asthenosphere/
mantle
crust
What is the reason why Wegener's theory was almost forgotten?
It was not a good theory.
Wegener wasn't able to provide plausible explanation why continents drifted.
He wasn't able to publish his theory.
He met a huge resistance from the scientific community.
The oldest crust can be found _________ the mid-ocean ridge.
along
beside
farthest
nearest
Who proposed the Seafloor spreading theory?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Charles Darwin
Harry Roque
Where does seafloor spreading occurs?
at the sun and moon
at the Ring of Fire
at deep sea trench
along the rift of mid-ocean ridges
What is the term used in describing the large pieces of lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere?
Plate tectonics
Tectonic Plates
Continental Plates
Oceanic Plates
Which two theories unified in plate tectonics theory?
Big bang and Continental Drift theory
Continental Drift and Seafloor spreading theory
Seafloor spreading and Slab-pull theory
Convective and seafloor spreading theory
What do you call the process when the old crust is being pulled down and melted into a hot material?
drifting
seafloor spreading
subduction
plate movements
Along the seafloor, the youngest oceanic crust can be found near the continental crusts?
TRUE
FALSE
Alfred Wegener theorized that there was once a supercontinent called Pangaea that was comprised of two major parts.
Eurasia and Gondwana
Gondwana and Motunui
Laurasia and Gondwana
Laurasia and Americas
