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Oceanic plates are more dense than continental plates.
Mid-ocean ridges occur at ______________ plate boundaires.
The plastic-like layer of Earth where convection currents exist is the?
What is formed when continental plates converge?
Which of these does not suggest that the continents were once connected buy are evidence to support plate tectonics?
Current weather patterns support the theory of plate tectonics.
Dips in Earth's surface near continental coasts caused by increased density of rocks are called?
Who proposed the idea of seafloor spreading
Fossils that match on both sides of the mid-ocean ridge is evidence for continental drift and seafloor spreading.
Which of these occurs at transform boundries?
Earth's plates move because they are slowly expanding and growing larger
Earth's plates move because the weight of the oceans press on parts of Earth's surface.
Seafloor spreading is evidence that supports Wegener's continental drift idea.
What is formed when two continental plates diverge?
Wegener's theory is NOT supported by the fact that the continents don't exactly fit with each other.
Where would the seafloor have the greatest amount of sediments built up?
Seafloor spreading was proved with evidence of matching magnetic polarities on both sides of the ridge.
Tectonic plates move because the Earth's interior is
Which words connects best with the word "drift" in geology
Volcanoes hat form at mid-ocean ridges supports Wegener's continental drift idea.