Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a
Plate Tectonics

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
landform
continent
fossil
landmass
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process that continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge?
subduction
continental drift
convergent
sea floor spreading
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
along the edge of the continents
along the mid-ocean ridges
in deep ocean trenches
at the North and South pole
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to Wegener's theory of continental drift,
Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses
the continents do not drift
Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have slowly moved.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the landform labeled A
mid-ocean ridge
deep ocean trench
sea floor spread
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is Wegener's idea that continents are slowly moving over Earth's surface called?
divergence
faults
plates
continental drift
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What evidence was NOT used by Wegener as proof of continental drift?
land features
erosion
climate
fossils
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