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Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
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Alfred Wegener
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Which of the following concepts was developed earliest?
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Continental drift
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How old are the fossils of the reptile Mesosaurus found in Africa and South America
that suggest the two continents were once together?
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About 300 million years old
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When was the theory of plate tectonics developed?
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1960s
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Where is new lithosphere created?
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Divergent plate boundaries
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Where does volcanism occur?
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Convergent plate boundaries and divergent plate boundaries
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Where are the world's highest mountain ranges created?
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Convergent plate boundries
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Which type(s) of plate boundaries indicate(s) the direction of relative plate motions
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Transform fault boundries
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New lithosphere is created ____________.
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At mid-ocean ridges
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What type of plate boundary is shown in the diagram?
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A subduction zone
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Which of the following locations could be represented by the diagram?
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The west coast of South America
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In which ocean are most of the world's convergent plate margins located?
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Pacific Ocean
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The east coast of North America is __________.
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Not a plate boundary
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Which of the following is associated with a divergent plate boundary?
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Earthquakes
volcanism
rifting
all of the above
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Which of the following is a divergent plate boundary?
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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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