
Continental Drift and Marie Tharp's Contributions
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Science, Geography, History
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9th - 12th Grade
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Emma Peterson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912?
Alfred Wegener
Bruce Heezen
Jacques Cousteau
Marie Tharp
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the name of the single landmass proposed by Wegener?
Pangea
Laurasia
Atlantis
Gondwana
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What method did Bruce Heezen's team use to collect depth data?
Sonar mapping
Seismic reflection
Echo sounding
Satellite imaging
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was Marie Tharp not allowed to join the early ocean expeditions?
Health concerns
Insufficient qualifications
Fear of bad luck at sea
Lack of funding
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Tharp's maps reveal about the ocean floor?
It was covered in coral reefs
It had a complex geography of crevices and valleys
It was flat and featureless
It was mostly sandy plains
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Tharp's discovery of rift valleys support?
The presence of deep-sea trenches
Wegener's continental drift theory
The existence of underwater volcanoes
The theory of plate tectonics
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Howard Foster's earthquake data reveal?
Earthquakes were decreasing in frequency
Earthquakes occurred along mid-oceanic ridges
Earthquakes were random
Earthquakes were unrelated to oceanic features
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