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Continental Drift + Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift + Plate Tectonics
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1
True or False: The plates are on top of the asthenosphere.
False
True
2
What is the name of the theory from the 1960's that states that Earth has plates that move?
plate tectonics
magnetic reversal
continental drift
divergent plate boundary
3
True or False: A divergent plate boundary is happening on the east side of Africa.
False
True
4
What was the name of Alfred Wegener's supercontinent?
north america
pangaea
continental drift
fossil
5
How fast are the plates moving?
very slow
super speed
a little slow
fairly quickly
6
What is the future fate of California?
it will slowly slide off North into the Pacific Ocean
it will subduct underneath the rest of the United States
it will continue to crash into the rest of the United States
it will slowly slide off South into the Pacific Ocean
7
True or False: Many geologists rejected Wegener and his idea of continental drift.
True
False
8
Which land feature(s) can form at a convergent boundary?
volcanic island
mountain range
volcanic mountain
all of the above
9
The _______________________ is broken up into several large pieces called plates.
lithosphere/crust
outer core
inner core
asthenosphere/mantle
10
When an ocean plate sinks down below another plate, what process had occurred?
subduction
divergentation
trenching
seafloor spreading
11
Which two continents best fit together like a puzzle?
Africa and South America
Europe and Asia
Africa and Australia
North America and Europe
12
Wegener noticed that which two continents had similar mountain ranges?
South America and Africa
Africa and Asia
Antarctica and Australia
North America and Europe
13
The plates are moving because of convection currents in Earth's.......
mantle
outer core
inner core
crust
14
What type of plates collide?
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
15
Where is magma coming out of the Earth's crust in the middle of the oceans?
transform boundaries
trenches
mid-ocean ridge
convergent boundaries
16
Which theory came FIRST?
plate tectonics
seafloor spreading
continental drift
continental spreading
17
Which theory states that all continents were once joined together and have drifted apart?
sea floor spreading
continental drift
plate tectonics
wagner
18
What type of plates separate from one another?
divergent plate boundary
plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
19
Wegener's evidence included all EXCEPT........
glacier evidence in India
matching mountains on different continents
continents looked like puzzle pieces
coal in Africa
20
What type of plates slide past one another?
transform plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
convergent plate boundary
plate tectonics
