Continental Drift & Plate Boundary Notes Scavenger Hunt

Question 1

What is the evidence? "_______ can only form in tropical places but is found in Antarctica."

Accepted Answer

Coal

Question 2

Look at the new sea floor. What are the plates doing at these locations?

Accepted Answer

separating

Question 3

When plates push together & one plate bends under another, it forms:

Accepted Answer

ocean trenches

Question 4

How does this image support continental drift?

Accepted Answer

It shows how the continents fit together like a puzzle.

Question 5

Another claim of continental drift is:

Accepted Answer

The continents have moved and are still moving

Question 6

Maps of volcanoes and earthquakes (like this one here) have helped scientists figure out:

Accepted Answer

where plate boundaries are

Question 7

The Earth's crust has cracks that break up the crust into pieces called:

Accepted Answer

plates

Question 8

One claim of continental drift is:

Accepted Answer

the continents used to be connected

Question 9

What type of plate movement is causing this landform?

Accepted Answer

plates pushing together

Question 10

When plates slide past each other, it causes:

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 11

To identify a plate boundary, look for a concentration of:

Accepted Answer

landforms and events

Question 12

What is the evidence?

Accepted Answer

The continents appear to match up like pieces of a puzzle.

Question 13

Plate boundary _______________ cause the landforms and events to occur.

Accepted Answer

interactions

Question 14

The Theory of Continental Drift was developed by a scientist named:

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 15

What is another piece of evidence for continental drift seen on this map?

Accepted Answer

Organism fossils that couldn't swim far found on continents

Question 16

There is glacier evidence in Africa. What does this prove?

Accepted Answer

Africa was once near the poles and has since moved.

Question 17

What is happening with the plates at location 2?

Accepted Answer

Mid-ocean ridge where the plates separate and magma comes up

Question 18

The cracks where one plate touches another plate are called:

Accepted Answer

plate boundaries

Question 19

What type of plate movement is causing the ocean trench?

Accepted Answer

the plates are pushing together and one slides under another

Question 20

When plates push together it forms:

Accepted Answer

mountains

Question 21

Look at where the Glossopteris plant (green) has been found. What does this evidence prove?

Accepted Answer

the continents were once together for the plant to grow

Question 22

What is the evidence? "The same sediments have been found on separate continents."

Accepted Answer

Rock Layers

Question 23

The brown represents mountain ranges. How does this provide evidence for continental drift?

Accepted Answer

mountains formed when the continents were together

Question 24

How does coal in Europe prove that it has changed locations?

Accepted Answer

Coal can only form in tropical locations, like near equator.

Question 25

The evidence helps scientists realize that the continents are only moving because they are:

Accepted Answer

on top of plates that are actually moving

Question 26

Where would a strong earthquake most likely happen?

Accepted Answer

Location 5

Question 27

When plates separate underwater, magma comes up and forms:

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridges

Question 28

Where would mountains form on the map?

Accepted Answer

Location 4

Question 29

Continental Drift is an idea composed of _____ claims.

Accepted Answer

two

Question 30

There are glacial deposits (remains of glaciers) near the equator in Africa. This proves:

Accepted Answer

Too warm in equator for glacier Africa used to be near SPole

Question 31

What color represents the new sea floor?

Accepted Answer

red

Question 32

What did this earthquake data help scientists find?

Accepted Answer

Where the plate boundaries are

Continental Drift & Plate Boundary Notes Scavenger Hunt

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Continental Drift & Plate Boundary Notes Scavenger Hunt

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