Unit 7: Plate Tectonics

Which of the following was NOT a piece of evidence supporting Wegener's theory of Continental Drift?

• glacial striations (markings)

• rocks & mountain ranges (landforms)

• the age of rock along mid-ocean ridges

• continent's shapes

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These continents are now separated by oceans. Which color of fossils would link Australia with Antarctica?

• Orange (the smallest animal)

• Brown (the medium-sized reptile)

• Green (the plant)

• Blue (the alligator-like animal)

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What was missing from Wegener's evidence supporting Continental Drift?

• a direction the continents were moving

• a good variety of evidence

• how the continents moved

• an interest from the scientific community

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What crucial part of the Theory of Plate Tectonics describes the process by which new ocean floor is created at mid-ocean ridges?

• convection currents

• subduction

• seafloor spreading

• divergence

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What process causes the movement of plates?

• reversal of magnetic poles

• earthquakes & volcanoes

• ocean currents

• convection currents

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Which table represents the type of boundary for each diagram?

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Which of the following would you NOT find at a divergent boundary?

• volcanoes

• rift valleys

• trenches

• mid-ocean ridges

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Two continental plates meeting at a convergent boundary create what type of landform?

• costal volcanoes

• rift valleys

• mid-ocean ridges

• folded mountains

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What two landforms are created by the convergence of an ocean plate with another ocean plate?

• trench & coastal volcano

• trench & island arc

• folded mountain & mid-ocean ridge

• folded mountain & rift valley

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What two landforms are created by the convergence of an ocean plate with a continental plate?

• trench & coastal volcano

• trench & island arc

• folded mountain & mid-ocean ridge

• folded mountain & rift valley

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