Continental Drift vs Plate Tectonic Theory

What type of boundary exists when 2 plates are pulling apart?

• Convergent

• Transform

• Obtrusive

• Divergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Who proposed their hypothesis of the continental drift in 1912?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Dmitri Mendedleev

What is the Theory of Continental Drift?

• New continents are continually being created

  and destroyed.

• The layout of the continents is the same today

  as it has always been

• The continents have always been separate but

  may one day drift together to form a single

  continent

• All the continents were once one continent that

  broke up and drifted apart over hundreds of

  millions of years

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Where does magma rise to the top to become new crust?

• one plate splits into two distinct plates

• one plate grinds against another plate

• two plates separate and move apart from one

  another.

• two plates meet and collide with one another.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of tectonic plate boundary involves a collision of plates?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• obstructive

What is responsible for the volcanoes and mountain ranges?

• Weathering

• Super-nocturnal tides

• Hurricanes

• Plate Tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which theory states that the continents were once joined together and over time broke up and drifted apart?

• Continental Drift Theory

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• The Big Bang Theory

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

A giant super continent that existed 300 million years ago was called:

• Asia

• Pacific

• Pangaea

Which theory states that the lithosphere is broken into plates that move by convection currents in the mantle?

• Continental Drift Theory

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• The Big Bang Theory

A boundary where two plates slide past each other.

• convergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transform boundary

• sergent boundary