Plate Tectonics

What is the outer layer of the earth called?

• Inner core
• Outer core
• Crust
• Mantle

What was the name of the supercontinent?

• The world
• Pangea
• Land
• Mass continent

Who suggested the Continental Drift theory?

• Aldrin Weiner
• Alfred Wegener
• George Williams
• Dr Drift

Earth's crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called ...

• plates
• faults
• fossils
• puzzle pieces

When Earth's plates rub or scrape against one another, the release of energy causes ...

• a volcano
• an earthquake
• a tornado
• continental drift

What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent? 

• Supreme Continent
• Eurasia
• Plate tectonics
• Pangea

Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?

• Tectonic plates on the crust move.
• The mantle increases in size.
• Pressure in the crust increases.
• Pressure in the crust decreases.

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

• Continental crust
• Oceanic crust
• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere

The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________. 

• a conduction current
• a hot spot
• a volcanic eruption
• a convection current

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary