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Sea floor spreading and continental drift

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Sea-floor spreads apart at both sides of a _____ as new crust is added.

mid-ocean ridge

rift valley

trench

mountain

Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?

Pangea

Wilson

Hess

Wegener

All are evidence to support the theory of continental drift EXCEPT

land features

climate change

fossils

rainfall

Drilling samples revealed that rock samples taken farther from a mid-ocean ridge are

crystal

older

younger

hotter

Rocks on the sea-floor that lie in a pattern, show a record of the reversals of

atmosphere

temperature

diversity

magnetic field