Plate Tectonics

The lithospere is broken into small sections called _____.

• Earth

• tectonic plates

• plates

• continents

The theory of how Earth's tectonic plates move and change shape is called _____.

• changing continents

• North American Plate

• Plate Tectonics

• Pangaea

This describes how the continents have moved around Earth's surface throughout history.

• Pangaea

• Plate Tectonics

• Geologic Evidence

• Continental Drift

Fossils evidence was found on South America and Africa that the continents seperated one exampe of a reptile fossil was _____.

• Mesosaurus

• European flora

• Glossopteris plant

• Alpine Mountains

A large landmass or supercontinent that occured about 245 million years ago.

• Himalayas

• Euroasia

• Mesosaurus

• Pangaea

The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates slide past each other.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Sea-floor spreading

The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates move away from each other.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• Sea-floor spreading

The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates move toward each other.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Sea-floor spreading

The type of convergent boundary whe one plate moves under another plate.

• mid-ocean ridge

• rift valley

• magma

• subduction

The scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift.

• Albert Einstein

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin