Plate Tectonics

Front

What type of boundary is this?

convergent

,

divergent

,

transform

Back

transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What type of boundary is this?
Options: convergent, transform, divergent

Back

convergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What type of boundary is this?

convergent

,

divergent

,

transform

Back

divergent

Front

What evidence was NOT used by Wegener as proof of continental drift? Options: land features, erosion, climate, fossils

Back

erosion

Front

What is a plate boundary where both plates move away from each other?

Back

divergent

Front

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a

Back

fossil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Front

According to Wegener's theory of continental drift,

Back

the continents were once joined together in a single landmass and have slowly moved.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is Pangea?

Back

the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What are breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other?

Back

faults

Front

What is the process that continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge?

Back

sea floor spreading