Plate Tectonics Review

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What is the name of the super continent proposed by Wegener?

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Pangaea

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German Scientist who proposed the idea of Continental Drift.

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Wegener

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

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The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time.

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What evidence did Wegener use in his theory? Options: Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces, glacier scars and evidence from temperature, mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents, all of the above

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all of the above

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Two tectonic plates collide at a ___ plate boundary.

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convergent

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When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

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oceanic

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Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

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earthquakes

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Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations? Options: at plate boundaries, in oceans, in the middle of continents, in the middle of plates

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at plate boundaries

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What drives tectonic plate movement? Options: gravity, coriolis effect, convection currents, the earth's magnetic core

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convection currents

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What are the two types of crust? Options: continental and oceanic, ocean and basin, lower and upper, thick and thin

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continental and oceanic