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Continental Drift + Plate Tectonics
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1
Wegener noticed that which two continents had similar fossils of ancient animals?
Africa and Australia
North America and Europe
Africa and South America
Europe and Asia
2
What was the name of the supercontinent called?
north america
pangaea
continental drift
fossil
3
Wegener noticed that which two continents had similar mountain ranges?
Africa and Asia
North America and Europe
Antarctica and Australia
South America and Africa
4
True or False: Many geologists rejected Wegener's idea of continental drift.
False
True
5
True or False: Magma is molten material that is found OUTSIDE of a volcano.
False
True
6
The _______________________ is broken up into several large pieces called plates.
lithosphere
asthenosphere
inner core
outer core
7
True or False: Oceanic drift is the idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface.
True
False
8
The plates float on top of the _________________________________.
outer core
lower mantle
asthenosphere
lithosphere
9
True or False: A rift valley can form when plates diverge on land.
False
True
10
What states that all continents were once joined together and have drifted apart?
Pangaea
sea floor spreading
continental drift
wagner
11
What type of plates collide?
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
transform plate boundary
12
What type of plates separate from one another?
plate boundary
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
13
What two types of plate boundaries can a volcano form at?
transform and convergent
divergent and transform
none of the above
convergent and divergent
14
What is the motion of the Earth's plates like?
fast and constant
fast and in stages
slow and constant
slow and in stages
15
What is the name of the theory that states that Earth's plates are in slow, constant motion?
continental drift
plate tectonics
divergent plate boundary
magnetic reversal
16
Which land feature(s) can form at a convergent boundary?
volcano
mountain range
all of the above
island arc
17
True or False: As a continent moves towards the north or south poles its climate gets colder.
False
True
18
True or False: Ocean currents drive Earth's plates.
True
False
19
True or False: The movement of Earth's plates causes change to Earth's surface.
False
True
20
What type of plates slide past one another?
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
convergent plate boundary
21
Wegener used evidence from land features, fossils, and climate to support his theory.
False
True
22
True or False: Pangaea existed on Earth between 250 and 300 million years ago.
True
False
