Unit 3 Continental Drift Check In

Where do most earthquakes happen?

• in the tropics (near the equator)

• in the middle of continents

• near the edges of continents

• tectonic plate boundaries

What is the area of the world where most of Earth's volcanoes can be found?

• The Pacific Rim

• The Ring of Fire

• The mid-ocean ridges

• The magma zone

What is the solid outermost physical layer of Earth's surface called?

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• mesosphere

• lithosphere

What can be found in Earth's mantle that causes the tectonic plates to move around on Earth's surface?

• convection currents

• the jet stream

• magnetic flux circulation

• flame salamanders

The largest tectonic plate is the...

• Coco's plate.

• Asian plate.

• Pacific Plate .

• North American Plate.

What kind of boundary/margin is found at midocean ridges or the African Rift Valley?

• convergent boundary/margin

• dip slip boundary/margin

• divergent boundary/margin

• transform boundary/margin

What kind of boundary/margin is found at subductions zones or folded mountain areas?

• convergent boundary/margin

• dip slip boundary/margin

• divergent boundary/margin

• transform boundary/margin

What kind of boundary/margin is found at areas such as the San Andreas Fault in California?

• convergent boundary/margin

• dip slip boundary/margin

• divergent boundary/margin

• transform boundary/margin

What was the name of the last supercontinent that broke apart around 180-200 mya?

• Pangea

• Rodinia

• Pannotia

• Columbia

Which of the following is NOT evidence that was used to support the Continental Drift Theory?

• identical fossils on continents now separated by oceans

• the asteroid impact crater at Chixulub in the Caribbean

• identical rock strata found on continents now separated by oceans

• the way that the coastlines of the continents appear to match and fit together.