What was the name of the project started in the 1960s that was designed to extract and analyze samples from the ocean floor?
The Deep Sea Drilling Project
The Glomar Project
The Seafloor Drilling Project
The Ocean Basin Project
What fossils did Wegener NOT use to support his idea of continental drift?
Mesosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Cynognathus
Lystrosaurus
What discovery was NOT made from mapping the ocean floor?
Magnetic immobility
Magnetic stripes in ocean rock
Seafloor spreading
Underwater volcanoes
Which of these is a FALSE statement about hot spots?
Hot spots occur at the boundaries of tectonic plates.
Hot spots prove that tectonic plates are not stationary.
Hot spots occur within tectonic plates.
The Hawaiian Islands are examples of hot spots.
What separates the South American plate and the African plate?
The Mid-Pacific Ridge
The Indo-Australian Plate
The Indian Ocean
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
As the leading edge of a tectonic plate is forced back into the mantle, a small convection current forms beneath it, pulling it downwards. This is known as what?
Slab pull
Trench suction
Thermal convection
All answers are correct
