ES Ch. 3 Plate Tectonics Quiz

The supercontinent that Wegener suggested occurred on Earth about 300 million years ago is called:

• Pangaea

• Antarctica

• Eurasia

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The idea that the continents slowly moved over the Earth's surface is called

• sea-floor spreading
• continental drift
• convection

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Wegener used evidence from land features, climate, and ___________________________ to support his theory of continental drift.

• x-rays
• sonar
• fossils

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Most geologists of Wegener's time rejected his idea of drifting continents.

• True
• False

Wegener noticed that mountain ranges on the continents of South America and which other continent line up?

• Africa

• North America

• India

• Antarctica

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As a continent moves toward the poles, its climate gets colder. As a continent moves toward the equator, its climate

• gets warmer

• changes due to ocean currents

• does not change

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This process adds more crust to the ocean floor.

• subduction
• sea floor spreading
• ridging
• melting

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is called

• subduction
• convection
• drifting
• subversion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are underwater mountain ranges called?

• Trenches

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Rift valleys

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What is an underwater canyon called?

• Deep-ocean trench

• Rift valley

• Mantle