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Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics Practice Flashcard

Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics Practice Flashcard

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Other Sciences

6th Grade

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Easy

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Sangeeta Shukla

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which of the following is NOT a piece of evidence presented by Wegener to support Continental Drift?

  • Plant and animal fossils on different continents
  • Matching landforms on different continents
  • Magnetic striping on the ocean floor
  • Puzzle fit of modern continents

Back

Magnetic striping on the ocean floor

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is this a picture of?

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Back

Pangea

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why was the Continental Drift Theory originally not well received by other scientists?

Back

Wegener could not explain the mechanism that made continents move.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

True or false: The plates are currently moving.

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Back

True

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When tectonic plates move towards each other, this boundary is:

Media Image

Back

convergent

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What type of phenomenon/event is created at a transform boundary?

Media Image

Back

Earthquakes

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What boundary does the picture show? Options: Transform, Divergent, Convergent

Media Image

Back

Transform

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