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What does the theory of Continental Drift suggest?
Continents are shrinking.
Continents are stationary.
Continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth.
Continents are expanding.
What is a fossil?
A type of rock.
A preserved remnant or evidence of past living organisms.
A type of soil.
A type of mineral.
According to the principle of Superposition, where are the oldest rocks found?
On the top layer.
In the outer layer.
In the middle layer.
On the bottom layer.
What does the theory of Plate Tectonics state?
The Earth's surface is a single solid mass.
The Earth's surface is divided into large plates of rigid rocks that move with respect to each other.
The Earth's surface is made of liquid magma.
The Earth's surface is unchanging.
What is Seafloor Spreading?
The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge.
The process of ocean currents changing direction.
The process of ocean water evaporating.
The process of oceanic crust sinking into the mantle.
What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?
Flat plains on the ocean floor.
Volcanic islands in the ocean.
Mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans.
Deep trenches in the ocean.
What happens during a Magnetic Reversal?
The Earth's magnetic field strengthens.
The Earth's magnetic field weakens.
The Earth's magnetic field reverses direction.
The Earth's magnetic field disappears.
What is the Asthenosphere?
The rigid outermost layer of the Earth.
A plastic layer within the mantle.
The core of the Earth.
The crust of the Earth.
What is the Lithosphere?
The plastic layer within the mantle.
The inner core of the Earth.
The liquid outer core of the Earth.
The rigid outermost layer of the Earth.
What is a Divergent Plate Boundary?
The boundary between two plates that are stationary.
The boundary between two plates that slide past each other.
The boundary between two plates that move away from each other.
The boundary between two plates that move towards each other.
What is an Ocean Basin?
A type of ocean wave.
A type of ocean current.
The land surface under the ocean.
A large body of freshwater.
What forms at a Convergent Plate Boundary?
Two plates move away from each other.
Two plates slide past each other.
Two plates collide.
Two plates remain stationary.
What is Subduction?
When the denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate.
When two plates move away from each other.
When two plates slide past each other.
When the more buoyant plate rises above the denser plate.
What is a Volcano?
A mountain formed by tectonic plates colliding.
A vent in the Earth's crust through which molten rock flows.
A deep trench in the ocean floor.
A large body of water.
What is a Transform Plate Boundary?
Forms when two plates collide.
Forms when two plates move away from each other.
Forms when two plates are stationary.
Forms when two plates slide past each other.
