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The MAIN reason geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory was that...
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Wegener used several types of evidence to support his theory.
Wegener was a meteorologist and knew nothing about geologic processes.
Wegener couldn't identify the force needed to move the continents.
Geologists at that time were afraid of new ideas.
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Mid-ocean ridges are...
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areas where underwater mountain ranges form when molten rock rises up from underneath the seafloor.
areas marking where tectonic plates slide past each other.
narrow valleys that run along the bottom of the ocean floor.
underwater areas where thick layers of sediment pile up.
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The MAIN reason geologists rejected Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory was that...
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Mid-ocean ridges are...
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Imagine you could drill a hole all the way to the center of the Earth. Assuming that you drill the same speed the entire way, which layer would take the longest to drill through?
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Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to try and support his continental drift theory?
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Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
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On the ocean floor are found the mid-ocean ridges. These areas are important because they...
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What evidence helped prove to geologists that the Earth creates NEW CRUST along the mid-ocean ridges? (Sea Floor Spreading Theory)
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At which type of plate boundary(s) would you find volcanoes forming?
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Which type of energy transfer is the MAIN way that HEAT moves up from the Mantle to the lithosphere/crust?
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The layer of Earth where pressure, density and temperature are the greatest is the...
