Notes - Plate Tectonics - Review

Notes - Plate Tectonics - Review

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes the term "Pangaea"?

• the name of a volcanoe

• the official name of Earth's moon

• the name of the large landmass that once existed on Earth.

• the name of an ocean

Multiple Choice

Alfred Wegener hypothesized that continents slowly move across Earth's surface. What is the name of this theory?

• conintental drift

• Earth's movement theory

• Pangaea

• the movement of mass

Multiple Select

What are the three forms of evidence that Alfred Wegener's hypothesis?

• distribution of fossil

• climate

• architecture and buildings

• languages spoken by people who lived there

• land features

Multiple Choice

According to the theory of plate tectonics, Earth's tectonic plates move _________ each year.

• 1 - 12 cm

• 1 - 12 m

• 1 - 12 km

• 1 - 12 miles

Multiple Choice

Earthquakes are one feature that are caused by...

• moving plate boundaries

• routine changes in the moon's gravitational pull

• the sun's radiation

• mountain dippings

Multiple Select

Converging plates can cause...

• volcanoes

• mid-ocean ridges

• deep ocean trenches

• rift valley

• mountains

Multiple Select

Diverging plates can cause...

• volcanoes

• mid-ocean ridges

• deep ocean trenches

• rift valley

• mountains