Which of these is NOT one of the observations used by Wegener in forming his theory?

Same animals living in different continents

Only one of these statements is correct - which one?

America is moving away from Britain

What is a destructive boundary?

Plates moving towards each other

Why was Wegener's theory rejected in the early part of the 20th century?

Wegener's couldn't explain how continents move

What happens when plates move towards each other?

One plate sinks under the other into the mantle and melts

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Plate Tectonics KS4 Chemistry

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Questions on the first part of the WJEC GCSE Chemistry unit, The Ever Changing Earth

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1
What is a conservative boundary?
Plates moving towards each other
Plates not moving at all
Plates sliding past each other
Plates moving apart
2
Which of these is NOT one of the observations used by Wegener in forming his theory?
Same fossils found in different continents
Matching rocks found in different continents
Closely fitting coastlines
Same animals living in different continents
3
What is a constructive boundary?
Plates not moving at all
Plates sliding past each other
Plates moving towards each other
Plates moving apart
4
Only one of these statements is correct - which one?
America is moving away from Britain
The Atlantic Ocean is getting smaller
Mount Everest is not growing
Africa and South America were never joined together
5
The layer of liquid rock below the Earths crust is called the.......
lava
magma
core
mantle
6
At the San Andreas fault in California, two plates slide past each other. What is common here?
Mountain ranges form
One plate melts
The plates destroy each other
Powerful earthquakes
7
What was Wegener's theory?
All of the above
The continents have drifted apart over millions of years
The continents were all once joined together
There was once a large supercontinent he called "Pangea"
8
What forms when plates move apart?
New igneous rock
A mountain
Crude Oil
An ocean
9
Where are volcanoes and earthquakes most common?
In the middle of a plate
On the sea bed
Near to a plate boundary
In the UK
10
What is a destructive boundary?
Plates moving towards each other
Plates not moving at all
Plates sliding past each other
Plates moving apart
11
Name a country that is on a plate boundary and so has lots of volcanoes?
Australia
Germany
United Kingdom
Iceland
12
Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
13
Why was Wegener's theory rejected in the early part of the 20th century?
Wegener had no evidence for his theory
It was wrong
Wegener's couldn't explain how continents move
Most people believed the Earth was flat
14
The inner core of the Earth is made of which metal?
gold
iron
magnesium
aluminium
15
What happens when plates move towards each other?
One plate sinks under the other into the mantle and melts
They start moving away from each other
They collide and stop moving
They merge together to form new rock

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