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What three observations led geologists to believe that the continents were all joined at one point?
a) Fossil remains that matched, continents fit together like a puzzle and mountains that matched up
b) Same soil across the different continents
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What was Alfred Wegener's Hypothesis about the continents.
a) The continents moved quickly and in short bursts to where they are today
b) Over a very long time the continents moved to where they are today
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What is the processes that keeps the age of ocean floor rock from going over 200 years old?
a) Seafloor spreading
b) Continental Drift
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What is seafloor spreading?
a) Continents moved to wehre they are today and created many different large landmasses that eventually broke up
b) Old rock sinks into ocean trenches and is replaced by lava that cools and forms newer rock
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What landmass was formed when all of the continents were together?
a) Pangea
b) Gondwana
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Which layer of the earth is made of liquid?
a) Inner Core
b) Outer Core
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When a continental plate and an oceanic plate converge which one gets subducted?
a) The oceanic crust gets subducted by the continental crust
b) The continental crust gets subducted
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What happens when two continental crust pieces hit each other?
a) They create a mountain
b) One gets subducted under the other
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What is fracture mean?
a) To break apart
b) sand and other small particles
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What is sediment?
a) to break into pieces
b) sand and small rock
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