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Continental Drift
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1) What is the hypothesis that states that continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
A
continental drift
B
Pangea
C
sea-floor spreading
D
plate tectonics
2) What are underwater mountain chains that run through Earth’s ocean basins.
A
sandbars
B
mid-ocean ridges
C
volcanoes
D
plate tectonics
3) Which does not provide evidence of continental drift?
A
shapes of continents
B
similar rocks
C
similar fossils
D
photographs
4) Who is the scientist that wrote the hypothesis of continental drift?
A
Bill Nye
B
Bill Gates
C
Howard Hess
D
Alfred Wegener
5) The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface.
A
sea-floor spreading
B
continental drift
C
thermal heating
D
subduction
6) Sea-floor spreading takes place here.
A
the mid-ocean ridges
B
Pangaea
C
the outer core
D
the magnetic poles
7) When the Earth's magnetic poles change places, it is called this.
A
magnetic reversal
B
mid-ocean ridge
C
continental drift
D
seismic wave
8) Which of the following provides evidence of sea-floor spreading?
A
subduction
B
magnetic reversal
C
continetal drift
D
seismographs
9) What were the two huge continents formed 180 million years ago?
A
Pangaea and Panthalassa
B
Lauraia and Gondwana
C
Eurasia and Gondwana
D
North and South America
10) Which statement is not true?
A
Plant fossils found in Antartica support Wegener's hypothesis.
B
The record of magnetic reversals was the final proof that sea-floor spreading does occur.
C
Panthalassa was the sea that surrounded Pangaea.
D
Younger crust is found farther away from mid-ocean ridges than older crust.
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