The Giant Plate Tectonics Review

Tectonic plates are made up of continental crust and ________ crust.

• continental
• oceanic
• plates
• mantle

Why is the inner core solid?

• Convection currents

• dinosaurs squished it down

• the pressure of the other layers

• it is colder than the outer core

Which layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer?

• Outer Core
• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Lithosphere

What layer is a semisolid and acts like silly putty?

• Lithosphere
• Mantle
• Asthenosphere
• crust

Which type of crust is more dense?

• oceanic
• continental
• bread
• pizza

What evidence did Alfred Wegener use in his theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
• evidence of glaciers found on continents that are warm today
• mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
• all of the above

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

• Harry Hess
• Alfredo Sauce
• Alfred Wegener
• Alfred the Butler

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Name the boundary

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

These images all display examples of what type of boundary?

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

California has a high risk of earthquakes due to what type of plate boundary?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform
• subduction