Tasty Plate Tectonics

Which one of this are NOT a major Plate Tectonic

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Indo-Australian

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who was the first person to bring up the theory of Plate Tectonics and the people believed him

• Francis Baron

• Mrs. Martin

• Alfred Wegener

• Antonio Snider-Pellegrini

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which crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other

• Divergent Boundaries

• Convergent Boundaries

• Plate Boundary Form

• Transform Boundaries

what did Alfred use to support his theory

• Fossil Records

• Italian Dressing

• Meteors

• Photosynthesis

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In what year did Meteorologist Alfred Wegener bring up is theory

• 1930

• 1620

• 2005

• 1912

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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

• Ermarica

• Pangea

• Continental Drift

• None of the Above

If a continental plate and an oceanic plate decided to slam into each other (subduction), which one would sink into the mantle? (Hint: think about which one is denser!!!)

• Oceanic Plate

• Transform Plate

• Contential Plate

• Australian Plate

How do scientists learn about the interior (center) of the earth?

• GPS

• Seimismic Waves

• Beltometer

• Particular Waves

The observation that the continents fit together like puzzle pieces, and may once have been connected, led Alfred Wegener to propose a theory in 1910 called

• Continental Plowing

• Continental Drift

• Wandering Continentals

• Shape matching of the continents

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what layers make up the litosphere

• Mantle and core

• core and crust

• crust and mantle

• atmosphere and contential crust

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