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Science 7: Plate Tectonics

Quiz by Susan Seying

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  • Q1
    supercontinent
    Pangea

    slab pull

    drift

    Paradise

    30s
  • Q2
    The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.

    seafloor spreading

    magnetic reversal 

    Pangea

    continental drift
    30s
  • Q3
    evidence that continents move

    lithosphere

    transform plate boundary

    normal polarity 

    climate clues, fossil clues, rock clues
    30s
  • Q4
    Used for support of continental drift, this clue showed warm weather plants in Arctic regions.
    climate clues

    plate tectonics

    rock clues

    slab push

    30s
  • Q5
    Fossils of similar organisms have been found on several continents separated by oceans
    fossil clues

    Paleontologist 

    magnetic reversal 

    Gondwana

    30s
  • Q6
    Used for support of continental drift, this clue showed similar mountain structures on different continents. Ex: The Appalachian Mts. matching the mountains of Western Europe.
    rock clues

    mid-ocean ridge 

    fossil clues

    ridge push

    30s
  • Q7
    Vast continents that split from Pangea
    Laurasia and Gondwana

    subduction

    mid-ocean ridge

    Paleontologist

    30s
  • Q8
    A scientist who studies fossils

    seafloor spreading

    plate tectonics

    Paleontologist

    normal polarity 

    30s
  • Q9
    An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.

    magnetic reversal 

    lithosphere 

    rock clues

    mid ocean ridge
    30s
  • Q10
    The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge

    normal polarity

    subduction 

    seafloor spreading

    rock clues

    30s
  • Q11
    A state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point north
    normal polarity

    fossil clues

    magnetic reversal 

    convection 

    30s
  • Q12
    A switch in the direction of Earth's magnetic field so that the magnetic north pole becomes the magnetic south pole and the magnetic south pole becomes the magnetic north pole.

    reversed polarity 

    magnetic reversal

    convection 

    climate clues

    30s
  • Q13
    A state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south

    rock clues 

    reversed polarity

    plate tectonics 

    fossil clues

    30s
  • Q14
    A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.

    theory 

    climate clues

    ridge push

    plate tectonics
    30s
  • Q15
    cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth

    convection 

    lithosphere

    mountains

    asthenosphere 

    30s

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