Intro to Plate Tectonics

Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.

• Pangea
• Gondwanda
• Laurasia
• Neverland

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Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• Fossils
• Mountains
• Glaciers
• Sand Erosion

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The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

• Pangea
• Plate Tectonics
• Natural Selection
• Gravity

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This layer of Earth is solid Iron and Nickel

• Outer Core
• Mantle
• Inner Core
• Crust

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This layer of Earth is the thickest part

• crust
• outer core
• mantle
• inner core

What are the two types of crust

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and upper
• lower and upper
• pizza and subway

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Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries
• in oceans
• in the middle of continents
• in the middle of plates

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Part of mantle where lithosphere floats

• Crust
• Core
• Asthenosphere
• Atmosphere

One large landmass

• North America
• Pangea
• South America
• PanAmerica

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which was NOT evidence of Wegener? 

• Seafloor spreading
• fossils
• puzzle piece
• glacier evidence

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