1) Who proposed the idea of Continental drift a) Harry Hess b) Alfred Wenger c) Watson & Crick 2) Pangea is the supercontinent where all the continents were once conjoined  a) True b) False 3) The idea that all of the continent’s were once together, then slowly drifted apart. a) Mid-ocean ridge b) Sea-floor spreading c) Continental drift d) Magnetic stripping 4) Although Alfred Wegner had evidence, he lacked a mechanism a) False b) True 5) This piece of evidence states that the remains of an living species matched, and that they were around the same ages. a) Climate b) Fossils c) Mountain d) Geometric 6) This piece of evidence states that our continents fit together like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle a) Geometric b) Mountain c) Fossils d) Climate 7) This piece of evidence states that rock layer matched from coast to coasted, and were around the same ages a) Fossils b) Mountain c) Geometric d) Climate 8) This piece evidence involves the finding of unusual items in places that didn’t fit is [blank] as of today (e.g coal in Antarctica and Glacier in Africa). a) Geometric b) Mountain c) Fossils d) Climate 9) The mechanism behind continental drift was sea-floor spreading though convection currents a) True b) False 10) In relation to Convection currents warm material [blank], while much cooler material [blank]. a) rise because particle condenses; fall because particle spread out b) fall because particle condenses; rise because particle spread out c) rise because particle spread out; fall because particle condenses 11) In terms of the Mid-ocean ridge older rocks are found [blank] while new rock are found [blank] a) further outward; closer to center b) at the center; further outward c) at the top; at the bottom 12) This type of boundary is formed when two plates collide with each other a) Transform b) Convergent c) Divergent 13) This type of boundary is formed when two plates slide past each other a) Transform b) Divergent c) Convergent 14) This type of boundary is formed when two plates break away from each other a) Convergent b) Divergent c) Transform 15) Which major landforms are formed when plates converge. a) Mountain & Volcanic Arc b) Mid-ocean ridges c) Earthquakes 16) Which major landforms are formed when plates diverge. a) Deep sea trenches b) Mountain & Volcanic Arc c) Mid-ocean ridges & Rift  17) The Oceanic crust is denser, thicker, and younger a) True b) False 18) The Continental crust is less dense, thicker, and older a) True b) False 19) A subduction zone form when the less dense Oceanic crust slide beneath the Continental crust a) True b) False 20) Harry Hess discovered the mechanism behind Continental drift through the use of sonar a) True b) False 21) This type of rock form when rocks are weathered and later on compacted and cemented a) Metamorphic b) Sedimentary c) Igneous 22) This type of rock form when lava or magma cools and crystallizes a) Igneous b) Metamorphic c) Sedimentary 23) This type of rock from under an enormous amount of heat & pressure a) Metamorphic b) Igneous c) Sedimentary 24) Sediments are fragments of rock that under went the process of weathering & erosion a) False b) True 25) The process of weathering is constructive a) True b) False 26) The process of erosion is destructive a) True b) False 27) Layer F is older than  a) B b) D c) E d) A 28) What law apply for D & E a) Law of superposition b) Law of original Horizontality c) Uncomformity d) Law of cross cutting 29) This law state that sediments are always deposited horizontality a) Law of cross cutting b) Law of original Horizontality c) Unconformity d) Law of superposition 30) A break or gap in geological time where rock layers got weathered and eroded a) Law of cross cutting b) Law of superposition c) Law of original Horizontality d) Unconformity

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