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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the two types of crust?continental and oceanicocean and basinlower and upperthick and thin
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat drives tectonic plate movement?gravitycoriolis effectconvection currentsthe earth's magnetic core
- 3. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmassesthe continents DO NOT moveEarth is slowly cooling and shrinkingthe continents were once joined together in a single landmass
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Pangaea?the name of a German scientistthe name of the super-continent that existed millions of years agoanother name for continental driftthe name of an ancient fossil
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?evidence from landformsevidence from fossilsevidence from human remainsevidence from climate
- 6. Multiple ChoiceMost geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's idea of continental drift because...it did not agree with their current theoryWegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years agoWegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesisWegener could not identify the force that moved the continents
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows outalong the edges of all the continentsalong mid-ocean ridgesin the deep ocean trenchesin the north and south poles
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat discovery caused scientists to rethink Wegener's continental drift theory?discovery of earthquake activity in Californiadiscovery of the ring of fire in the Pacific Oceandiscovery of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Oceandiscovery of deep trenches off the coast of South America
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is evidence that supports continental drift?the presence of penguins at both the equator and Antarcticafossils of the same plant have been found on several continentsthe presence of glacial features in Antarcticathe presence of volcanic rock in Antarctica
- 10. Multiple ChoiceInvestigation of seafloor spreading showed what about the age of the seafloor?the oldest seafloor is at the ridgeyoungest seafloor is destroyed at the ridgeyoungest seafloor is farthest from the ridgeoldest seafloor is farthest from the ridge
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