Plate Tectonics

At a past point in Earth's history, the continents were all connected as in the image.

• True

• False

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The Continental Drift Hypothesis asserts that our continents have been _____ for millions of years.

• Decreasing

• Growing

• Rising

• Moving

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This scientist introduced the idea of continental drift.

• Wegener

• Hutton

• Galileo

• Vernes

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What process involves the creation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges and its movement away from the ridges?

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Subduction

What is the name given to the single landmass that broke apart over 200 million years ago to form the continents we know today?

• Gondwana

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

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What are the large pieces of Earth's lithosphere that move around on the asthenosphere called?

• Continental Plates

• Oceanic Plates

• Tectonic Plates

• Crustal Plates

What geological feature is found where two tectonic plates move apart, often resulting in volcanic activity?

• Mountain Ranges

• Mid-Ocean Ridges

• Deep Sea Trenches

• Fault Lines

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The theory that continents have moved and are still moving slowly across the Earth's surface is known as what?

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Earth's Rotation

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Who is credited with the theory of sea floor spreading?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

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Like the spreading sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean,  Africa's Great Rift Valley is caused by

• Convergent plates
• Frequent earthquakes
• Divergent plates
• A tsunami

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