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Continental drift
By Erin Smoak
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This is about the history of plate tectonics starting with continental drift and going forward with new technologies.
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Question 1
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Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
Wilson
Hess
Wegener
Pangea
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Question 15
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All are evidence to support the theory of continental drift EXCEPT
rainfall
land features
fossils
climate change
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Question 16
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What new technology did scientists use to map the bathymetry of the ocean floor?
Echolocation
Radar
Sonar
Magnetometer
Question 17
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Magnetic stripes are ____________ on either side of the mid ocean ridge.
Younger
Asymmetrical
Symmetrical
Lighter
Question 18
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Rocks on the sea-floor that lie in a pattern, show a record of the reversals of
temperature
magnetic field
atmosphere
diversity
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Question 21
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Sea-floor spreads apart at both sides of a _____ as new crust is added.
trench
mountain
rift valley
mid-ocean ridge
Question 22
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Drilling samples revealed that rock samples taken farther from a mid-ocean ridge are
hotter
crystal
older
younger
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Question 23
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What new information led to the expanding earth theory?
Tectonic Plates
Subduction
Seafloor Spreading
Plate Tectonics
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Question 29
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Label the direction of plate movement and convection in the asthenosphere for a divergent plate boundary. Draw arrows!
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Question 30
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Label the direction of plate movement and convection in the asthenosphere for a convergent plate boundary. Draw arrows!
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Question 31
31.
Explain what happens during the process of subduction in your own words.
Question 32
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Label the direction of plate movement of a transform plate boundary. Draw arrows!
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Question 2
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What year did Wegener publish his book?
1912
1957
1972
1812
Question 3
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What was Wegener's theory called?
Continental Drift
Rafting
Expanding Earth
Plate Tectonics
Question 4
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What did Wegener's book have in it?
Ideas
Laws
Evidence
Question 5
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What were Wegner's 3 lines of evidence?
Weather
Animals
Climate
Rocks
Fossils
Question 6
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What were 2 of the fossils that Wegener used as part of his evidence?
T Rex
Spinosaurus
Glossoptris
Mesosaurus
Question 7
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What 2 places did they find tropical plant fossils that are currently covered in ice?
Antarctica
Russia
Iceland
Greenland
Africa
Question 8
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What did Wegener find in South Africa?
Deep scratches from glaciers
Mesosaurus Fossils
Glossopteris Fossils
Fossils of tropical plants
Limestone
Rocks from South America
Question 9
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What kind of rock was in both North America and Scotland?
Granite
Slate
Limestone
Basalt
Question 10
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What did Wegener name the supercontinent?
Laurentia
Eurasia
Pangaea
Gondwanaland
Question 11
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What was the main reason that most scientists rejected Wegener's hypothesis?
Because he didn't have enough evidence
Because he was annoying
Because he couldn't tell them how it worked
Because he was a meterorologist
Question 12
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When was this theory revisited?
1920's
1970's
1950's
2000's
Question 13
13.
What caused scientisit to revisit continental drift?
New rocks
New technology
New fossils
The war
Question 14
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What did sonar find on the ocean bottom?
Plateaus
Valleys
Plains
Mountains
Question 19
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What new technology did scientists use to find changes on either side of the mid-ocean ridge?
Magnetometer
Radar
Compass
Sonar
Question 20
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Where is the youngest seafloor?
At the top of the ridge
In trenches
Near the shorelines
In the plains
Question 24
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When continental plates collide what landform is made?
Mountains
Trenches
Islands
A and B
All of the Above
Question 25
25.
Which type of plates go under other plates?
More dense and thick
Less Dense and thin
More dense and thin
Less Dense and thick
Question 26
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What mixes with rock to melt it?
Oil
Air
Water
Silicon
Question 27
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What causes the volcanoes on the ring of fire?
Cooling
Consolidation
Upwelling
Rocking
Question 28
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What is the example of a transform fault (where plates slide past each other)?
Mt. Ranier
Ring of Fire
San Andreas
Mt. St. Helens