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19 Jan 2023

Question 2

How do tectonic plates move at mid-ocean ridges?

A The plates move away from each other.

B One plate slides horizontally past the other.

C The plates move toward each other.

 

Question 4

Which of the following is evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics?

A the relatively young age of the oldest oceanic crust

B the apparent fit of the coastlines of continents

C all of the above

 

Question 5

What kind of evidence did Alfred Wegener lack that would have better supported his continental drift hypothesis?

A mechanisms such as mantle convection and subduction that explain how continents move over time

B up-to-date maps that accurately plot the shapes of continental coastlines

C similar fossils and glacial deposits found on opposite sides of an ocean