All of the following support that continents were once joined and have separated over millions of years except

The supercontinent that broke and drifted apart into the seven continents known today is called

Earthquakes are most often caused by

As you get farther away from a mid-ocean ridge, the rocks get

All of the following all are evidence that the crust of the Earth moves except

Marine fossils found in rocks at high elevations is evidence for

Which layer of the earth is thickest?

As you move deeper into the earth interior, the layer become

Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is

Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

All of the following are features of the ocean floor except

Alternating bands of normal and reversed magnetic polarity are found in the basaltic rock on either side of a

On what layer of the Earth's interior do the lithospheric plates "float" on?

In what direction do plates move at a transform plate boundary?

What type of plate boundary exists at the Aleutian Trench?

Which mountains are currently forming where the Indian-Australian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate?

What is the driving force beneath plate tectonics?

All of the following are types of faults except

The point directly below the epicenter of an earthquake is called the

Compared to P-waves, S-waves

An instrument that measures and records earthquake waves are called

How many seismic stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?

Scientists have inferred the interior of the Earth from the

What is the approximate density of the outer core?

What is the approximate temperature at the boundary between the mantle and outer core?

What is the approximate depth to the inner core?

Areas on earth that do not receive earthquake waves because they are either refracted or absorbed are known as

A scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake by assigning a number from 1 to 10 is called the

Using the Mercalli Scale, what Roman numeral would you assign to an earthquake that causes windows and fragile objects to be broken, but NOT masonry to break?

An earthquake that originates 300 to 700 km below the Earth's surface is called a

An earthquake occurs on the sea bottom. Approximately how fast will the resulting tsunami move toward the coastline?

Volcanic islands form in a line as the plate they ride on moves. These plates move in the direction

All of the following are types of volcanoes except

This forms when magma squeezes into horizontal cracks in the surrounding rocks.