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WorksheetsChapter 17 Plate Tectonics Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was Wegener's hypothesis called ?
a)
seafloor spreading
b)
plate tectonics
c)
continental drift
d)
slab pull
2.
The fit of the coastlines of which of the following continents led people to suggest that the continents had drifted over time ?
a)
North & South America
b)
North America & Africa
c)
South America & Africa
d)
Europe & North America
3.
Which of the following evidence was used by Wegener to support his hypothesis that the continents had once been joined ?
a)
rock types & ages
b)
plate tectonics
c)
slab pull & ridge push
d)
fossils of ocean plants
4.
Which of the following was NOT used by Wegener to support his hypothesis of continental drift ?
a)
fossils of land-dwelling animals
b)
paleomagnetic data
c)
coal beds in Antarctia
d)
glacial deposits
5.
Why was the hypothesis of continental drift rejected when it was proposed by Wegener ?
a)
Wegener thought that the south pole had changed location .
b)
Wegener thought that Earth's rotation was the driving force .
c)
Wegener couldn't explain how or why continents moved .
d)
Wegener died in Greenland in 1930 .
6.
What type of boundary is shown ?
a)
divergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
7.
The Andes Mountains are tectonically active. What type of plate boundary is involved in their continued formation ?
a)
convergent boundary
b)
tranform boundary
c)
divergent boundary
8.
Which is longer, an event or an epoch ?
a)
event
b)
epoch
9.
What type of boundary is shown ?
a)
transform boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
10.
How long did the Gauss Epoch last ?
a)
about 76 days
b)
about 11 months
c)
about 800,000 years
d)
about 9.1 million years
11.
How many reversals occurred in the Gilbert Epoch ? How many normal events occurred during this epoch ?
a)
7 reveals , 2 normal events
b)
4 reveals , 6 normal events
c)
20 reveals , 1 normal event
d)
6 reveals , 4 normal events
12.
Why did the idea of continental drift become more accepted after seafloor spreading was proposed ?
a)
It provided a valid scientific explanation to his hypothesis .
b)
It provided a better way for the Earth .
13.
What type of plate boundary is shown ?
a)
an ocean ridge
b)
a continental-continental boundary
c)
a transform boundary
d)
an oceanic-continental boundary
14.
Compared to ocean crust near deep-sea trenches, crust near ocean ridges is ______________.
a)
younger
b)
older
c)
the same age
d)
magnetically reversed
15.
Coal beds in Antartica indicated to Wegener that this continent was___.
a)
always cold
b)
inhabited by penguins
c)
once closer to the equator
d)
once beneath the ocean
16.
Continental drift was not widely accepted when it was first proposed because____.
a)
Wegener couldn't explain why or how the continents moved .
b)
Continental landmasses were too big to move slowly over Earth's surface .
c)
Magnetic and sonar data proved that Wegener's hypothesis was incorrect .
d)
Mantle convection currents weren't in motion at that time .
17.
Places where tectonic plates come together are called____________.
a)
divergent zones
b)
transform zones
c)
never happens
d)
convergent boundaries
18.
Many early mapmakers thought Earth's continents had moved based on______________.
a)
plate boundary location
b)
fossil evidence
c)
climate data
d)
matching coastlines
19.
What type of boundary is shown ?
a)
transform boundary
b)
divergent boundary
c)
convergent boundary
20.
According to Wegener, the continents drifted together to form the supercontinent _____.
a)
Pangaea
b)
Indonesia
c)
Asia
d)
Nadia
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