Summative #6

Why didn't scientists accept the continental drift idea?

• there was almost no evidence for continents moving

• Wegener was not liked so no one listened to him

• there were many other well supported ideas that explained the movement of continents

• Wegener did not know the mechanism for moving the continents

Why didn't the scientific community accept Wegener's theory of continental drift?

• A) Wegener was not liked so no one listened to him

• B) there were many other well supported ideas that explained the movement of continents

• C) Wegener could not explain how the continents were moving

Identify the tectonic plate boundaries.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Bivergent

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Which events are most common along tectonic plate boundaries?

• erosion and earthquakes

• hurricanes and tsunamis

• earthquakes and volcanoes

• tidal waves and volcanoes

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Can transform faults cause destruction even after an earthquake is over?

• Once the earthquake is over, no more destruction happens because the ground is no longer moving.

• The offset that the fault caused can destroy roads, train tracks, and rivers resulting in accidents, derailing, and flooding respectively.

• The movement of a divergent plate boundary in the oceanic lithosphere can cause water to boil from the heat of the magma rising, destroying all life on the ocean floor.

• Transform faults do not typically cause damage because they are not colliding.

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How are earthquakes, plate tectonics and volcanoes connected?

• Volcanoes and earthquakes both result from the movement of tectonic plates.

• They are not connected.

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Where on the image would you expect to find the oldest crustal rocks and where would you expect to find the newest crustal rocks?

• The oldest crustal rocks would be found furthest away from the mid-ocean ridge, while the newest crustal rocks would be located at the mid-ocean ridge itself.

• The oldest crustal rocks would be found at the mid-ocean ridge, while the newest crustal rocks would be located furthest away from the mid-ocean ridge.

• The oldest crustal rocks would be found at the ocean trenches, while the newest crustal rocks would be located at the continental shelves.

• The oldest crustal rocks would be found at the continental shelves, while the newest crustal rocks would be located at the ocean trenches.

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What is the term scientists use to describe this movement of continents?

• Accretion

• Continental drift

• Pangeaethics

• Cosmology

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In places where an oceanic plate subducts under a continental one, you will find:

• A) An inland mountain range

• B) A chain of islands

• C) A rift valley

• D) A coastal mountain range

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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