Plate Tectonics

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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What is Pangaea?

• The name of a German Scientist
• the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
• another name for continental drift
• the name of an ancient fossil

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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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What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

• mantle, outer core, inner core, crust
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• outer core, inner core, crust, mantle
• crust, outer core, inner core, mantle

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The part of the earth that includes the crust and the upper mantle and is split into tectonic plates is the

• lithosphere
•  crust
• asthenosphere
• mantle

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The tectonic plates float on the 

• lithosphere
• lower mantle
• outer core
• asthenosphere

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Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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Where does the heat come from that drives this convection current in the mantle? 

• The sun
• The crust
• the mantle
• the core

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What are the two types of crust?

• continental and oceanic
• ocean and basin
• lower and upper
• thick and thin

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

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