Plate Tectonic LT 1,2,3

Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading

LT 123

Multiple Select

North America

• Minor Plate

• Major Plate

Multiple Select

Filipino Plate

• Minor Plate

• Major Plate

Multiple Choice

Wegener noticed that the shapes of the continents seemed to fit together like puzzle pieces.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is Pangea?

• Land Animal

• New Island

• A Giant Landmass on Earth

• Wegener's Pet

Multiple Choice

Alfred Wegener noticed that the same land animals could be found on land separated by oceans.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When Wegener found that the fossils of the same types of plants and animals were found on continents separated by oceans in made him think that…..

• plants & animals could cross large oceans

• they were put their by wizards

• the land was all joined together in the past

Poll

Alfred Wegener noticed Parts of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States are similar to those found in Greenland and western Europe.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Alfred Wegener found glacial deposits in Antarctica which supports his theory of Continental drift .

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who first began studying the ocean floor?

• Albert Einstein

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

Multiple Choice

What is the mid-ocean ridge?

• Underwater Mountains

• Chains A Divergent

• Plate Creates new Seafloor

• All the Above

Multiple Choice

Where did Harry Hess discover the YOUNGEST seafloor was located?

• Near the Ridge

• Far from the ridge

Multiple Choice

The seafloor is recycled

• True

• Falsa