Continental Drift (E201)

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What are the two types of crust?

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continental and oceanic

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What drives tectonic plate movement? Options: pull of gravity from the core, coriolis effect from Earth's rotation, convection currents in the mantle, magnetic field that surrounds the Earth

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convection currents in the mantle

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According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, the continents were once joined together in a single landmass.

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the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

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What is Pangaea?

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the name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago

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What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis? (Options: evidence from landforms, evidence from fossils, evidence from human remains, evidence from climate)

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evidence from human remains

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Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...

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Wegener could not identify the force that moved the continents

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In Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows out

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along mid-ocean ridges

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Which of the following is evidence that supports continental drift? Options: the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarctica, fossils of the same plant have been found on several continents, the presence of glacial features in Antarctica, the presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica

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fossils of the same plant have been found on several continents

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Investigations of SEAFLOOR SPREADING showed what about the age of the seafloor? Options: the OLDEST seafloor is close to the mid-ocean ridge, the YOUNGEST seafloor is close to the mid-ocean ridge

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the YOUNGEST seafloor is close to the mid-ocean ridge

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Which layer of the Earth is the one that we live on?

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Lithosphere