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Alfred Wegener developed a theory called __________________.
a) Plate Tectonics
b) Sea-floor spreading
c) Continental Drift
d) Convection Currents

divergent boundary
a) The plates slide past each other
b) The plates separate or divide
c) The plates crash into each other or collide
d)

convergent boundary
a) The plates slide past each other
b) The plates separate or divide
c) The plates crash into each other or collide
d)

transform boundary
a) The plates slide past each other
b) The plates separate or divide
c) The plates crash into each other or collide
d)

____________________ is the process when two plates collide, or converge, and one plate sinks under the other plate, going back into the mantle.
a) mid-ocean ridge
b) sea-floor spreading
c) deep ocean trench
d) subduction

What makes the plates move?
a) Convection currents in the mantle
b) The continents floating on the ocean
c) Radiation from the sun
d) Continental and oceanic crust

Which of the following is NOT evidence that supports Alfred Wegener's theory?
a) matching plant fossils
b) continents fit like puzzle pieces
c) subduction
d) fossils from warm climate found in cold climate

cracks in the crust
a) plates
b) fault
c) boundary
d)

pieces of crust
a) plates
b) fault
c) boundary
d)

where two or more plates meet; the edges of the plates
a) plates
b) fault
c) boundary
d)

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