Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

What name did Alfred Wegener give to the "super" continent that he proposed once existed?

• Laurasia

• Gondwanaland

• Wakanda

• Pangaea

Which of the following is not evidence used to support the Theory of Continental Drift?

• Same type of fossils on continents separated by oceans.

• Fresh water lakes on continents separated by oceans.

• Mountain ranges separated by oceans containing rock of identical mineral content.

• Coal deposits found in polar regions.

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What technology helped geologists to discover that the seafloor had both trenches and mid-ocean ridges?

• radar

• telescopes

• computers

• cell phones

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What feature under the ocean resembles mountains on land?

• volcanoes

• trenches

• rift valleys

• mid-ocean ridges

Which of the following in true about the ages of rocks on the seafloor?

• The oldest rocks are near mid-ocean ridges.

• The youngest rocks are near mid-ocean ridges.

• Rock ages are basically the same across the entire sea floor.

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What is the name of the theory that the Earth's crust and part of the mantle are broken into sections?

• Plate Tectonic Theory

• Continental Drift Theory

• Cell Theory

• Theory of Natural Selection

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The three main types of plate boundaries are

• transform, convergent, and conduction

• convection, transform, and divergent

• convection, conduction, and divergent

• transform, convergent, and divergent

At which type of plate boundary are two plates moving away from each other?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What type of plate boundary is represented by this image?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

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According to the Tectonics Plates reference table, what type of tectonic plate boundary is found at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform