Austin Achieve Plate Tectonics Quick Quiz

What theory states that all continents were once joined together and have drifted apart?

Wegener noticed that which two continents had similar mountain ranges?

Which feature forms at a Continental-Continental Convergent boundary?

The San Andres Fault is an example of what type of boundary?

What type of plate boundary has plates slide past one another?

True or False: A rift valley forms where plates diverge on land.

What type of boundary can form earthquakes?

True or False: Breaks in the crust called faults form when transform boundaries transform.

True or False: Mesosaurus and Lystrosaurus were ancient plants.

What was the name of the supercontinent called?

True or False:Many geologists rejected Wegener's idea of continental drift.

What is the name of the theory that states that Earth's plates are in slow, constant motion?

Wegener noticed that which two continents had similar fossils of ancient animals?

What type of plate boundary has plates separate from one another?

Wegener used evidence from land features, fossils, and climate to support his theory.

What is the motion of the Earth's plates like?

True or False: Oceanic drift is the idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.

True or False: As a continent moves towards the north or south poles its climate gets hotter.

True or False: Pangaea existed on Earth between 250 and 300 million years ago.

What type of plate boundary has plates collide?

What type of boundary does a deep ocean trench form?

What type of boundary does a rift valley form?