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When plates slide past each other, they create ________________________.
a) shear
b)
c)
d)
When plates push together, they produce the force of ___________________.
a) shear
b) compression
c) tension
d) fossils
Wegener supported his theory with evidence from rocks and _____________________________.
a) compression
b) shear
c) fossils
d) continents
Alfred Wegener developed the theory of ________________________.
a) plate tectonics
b) continents
c) compression
d) continental drift
Later, scientists developed the theory of _______________________.
a) plate tectonics
b) shear
c) compression
d) fossils
Compression force can push the ground at the boundary of plates upward, forming ____________ mountains.
a) shear
b) folded
c) tension
d) compression
The theory of continental drift states that Earth’s ______________ were once one landmass.
a) fossils
b) folded
c) continents
d) plate tectonics
The model that states the Earth’s surface is composed of large rock plates that fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces is called ______________________________.
a) continental tectonics
b) drift tectonics
c) continental plates
d) plate tectonics
A scientist who studies Earth’s structure and history is called a(an) ____________________.
a) geologist
b) biologist
c) continentologist
d) tectonogist
The theory that states that the continents were once one landmass and that they drifted to their present positions over many years is called _____________________________.
a) driftonics
b) continental drift
c) continental plates
d) drifting tectonics
As hardened magma builds up on both sides of a plate boundary, a(an) _________________ forms at the center of a mid-ocean ridge.
a) folded mountain
b) fault block mountain
c) rift valley
d) continental drift
Shear forces at a fault can form ________________________________.
a) folded mountain
b) rift valley
c) continental drift
d) fault-block mountains
A highland in the middle of the oceans that runs parallel to the continents is called a(an) ____________________________.
a) mid-ocean ridge
b) rift valley
c) folded mountains
d) fault block mountains
The force of compression can form ______________________ at the point where two plates push together.
a) rift valley
b) folded mountains
c) mid-ocean ridge
d) fault block mountains
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