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Colliding Continents- Continental Drift Theory
Colliding Continents- Continental Drift Theory
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1
The world's last supercontinent is known as _________.
Pangaea
Eurasia
Rhodesia
Gondwanland
2
What number am I thinking of?
9
10
2
6
3
Some scientists believe that water from meteors and asteroids created the first _________.
mountains
oceans
lakes
ponds
4
How did Alfred Wegener die?
drowned
murdered
froze to death
natural causes
5
Which is NOT a type of evidence used to support Continental Drift Theory?
Human artifacts found on different continents
Continents fit together like puzzle pieces
Similair fossil evidence found on different continents
Rock formations found on different continents.
6
When Wegener first proposed his theory of continental drift, why did the scientific community reject his ideas?
He couldn't explain how they moved
They thought he made it up
7
The Himalayan mountain range formed as a result of the collision of what two tectonic plates?
Eurasian / Indian
Africa / Australian
Indian / Australian
Australia / Eurasian
8
The formation of the Alps is the direct result of collision between the _______and _______ plate.
Eurasian/Australian
Australian/South American
South American/Eurasian
African/Eurasian
9
Evidence for the theory of continental drift was first proposed in 1912 by what German scientist?
Harry Hess
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Bill Nye
Alfred Wegener
10
The 'giant jigsaw puzzle' of interlocking pieces that make up Earth's crust are called what?
tectonic plates
mesosphere
Asthenosphere
continents
11
Which layer of the earth is made of the crust and upper mantle?
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
12
How many tectonic plates can be identified on Earth today?
25
over 12
7
under 10
13
As plates move across the Earth, crust and rock is dragged back down into the Earth at what type of zones?
mid ocean ridge
convection
earthquakes
subduction zone
14
When continental crust collides with continental crust at convergent plate boundaries , what begins to form?
volcanoes
hot spots
mountains
glaciers
15
Heat escaping from the core creates _______ _______ in the next layer of Earth, the mantle.
ocean waves
bad earthquakes
convection currents
big tsunamis
16
Which layer of the earth's interior do convection currents occur in?
Asthenosphere
Core
Crust
Lithosphere
17
The Grand Canyon formed when two plates collided?
Eurasian/Juan de Fuca
Juan de Fuca/North American
Pacific/Juan de Fuca
North American/Pacific
18
What type of rock formed the first continents?
quartz
granite in zircon
marble
basalt