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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the scientist that developed the theory of Continental Drift?
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
Jane Goodall
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the correct order of the layers of the Earth starting from where we are on the surface?
outer core, mantle, inner core , crust
crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which layer of the Earth is the hottest?
Core
Mantle
Crust
Moon
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which type of evidence is Wegner NOT use to support his theory of Continetal Drift?
Landform Evidence
Fossil Evidence
Water Evidence
Climate Evidence
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why was Alfred Wegener's theory originally rejected by scientific peers?
He had no evidence.
His theory did not make any sense.
They already knew the continent could not move.
He couldn't explain how the continents moved.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What tool was used to map the Mid Ocean Ridge by Harry Hess in 1960?
Sonar
Vision
Underwater cameras
Echolocation
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Earth's continents were once connected in one giant continent called
Pacifica
Eurasia
Pangaea
Indo-Australia
- 8. Multiple Choice
The San Andreas fault in California is which type of boundary?
Divergent
Transform
Irregular
Convergent
- 9. Multiple Choice
Where does molten material rise from the mantle during sea floor spreading?
Deep ocean trenches
faults
Mid ocean ridges
earthquakes
- 10. Multiple Choice
The continents are moving away from each other as magma rises from mid-ocean ridges. This is...
Changing sea floor
Sea floor rising
Underwater volcanoes
Sea floor spreading
- 11. Multiple Choice
The mid ocean ridge is which type of boundary?
divergent
convergent
transform
irregular
- 12. Multiple Choice
Mountain ranges form at which type of boundary?
divergent
convergent
transform
irregular
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which events occur at plate boundaries?
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Mountain building
All of these
- 14. Multiple Choice
Where does subduction occur?
Canyons
Deep ocean trenches
Mountains
Mid ocean ridges
- 15. Multiple Choice
A convergent boundary is where the plates are
moving apart
Sliding past each other
colliding together
floating
- 16. Multiple Choice
A divergent boundary is where the plates are
Moving apart
Sliding past each other
floating
colliding together
- 17. Multiple Choice
A transform boundary is where the plates are
Moving apart
Sliding past each other
Floating
Colliding together
- 18. Multiple Choice
Plate tectonics can also be the direct cause of forming
lakes
mountains
oceans
rivers
- 19. Multiple Choice
Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by
volcanoes
Convection currents in the Earth's mantle
Earthquakes
Hot Spots
- 20. Multiple Choice
Heat Transfered through direct contact is called
conduction
convection
Radiation
connection
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