Plate tectonics

Draw

Draw a picture of what Pangea looks like

Pangea

a supercontinent of all
landmasses on Earth.

Continental Drift

the gradual
movement of the
continents over
time

Multiple Choice

Who created the theory of Continental Drift?

• Lil Baby

• Alfred Wegener

• Tony Stark

• Drake

Plate Tectonics

Major Types of Boundaries

1. Transform Boundary
2. Divergent Boundary
3. Convergent Boundary

Transform Boundary

● Earthquakes
● Faults

Multiple Choice

Mid-Ocean Ridges are created from what boundaries?

• Transform

• Convergent

• Divergent

Divergent Boundary

● Volcanos
● Rift Valleys
● Trenches
● Mid-ocean

ridge (ocean)

Multiple Choice

Convergent plate boundaries create what?

• Valleys

• Faults

• Mountains

• Trenches

Convergent Boundary

● Mountains
● Volcanos

Subduction Zones

Multiple Choice

The photograph shows mountains in the Andes range in South America.

Which statement describes the geologic process that that is most likely responsible for the formation of these mountains?

• They are along a transform plate boundary that is no longer active, so erosion is creating deep valleys

• They are along a transform plate boundary in which plates are currently moving side by side, causing earthquakes and faults

• They are along a plate boundary in which plates are currently converging, causing uplift and steep slopes

• They are along a plate boundary in which plates diverged in the distant past, allowing new rock to build up.

Oceanic-Oceanic

Oceanic-Continental

Continental-Continental

Multiple Choice

A mid-ocean ridge separates the Pacific plate and the Nazca plate off the western coast of South America.

Which statement best describes the motions of the Pacific and Nazca plates?

• The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the east

• The Pacific and Nazca plates are both moving to the west

• The Pacific plate is moving to the west, and the Nazca plate is moving to the east

• The Pacific plate is moving to the east, and the Nazca plate is moving to the west

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