Plate Tectonics Review

Who came up with the theory of plate tectonics?

• Mr. Kueterman

• Albert Einstien

• Albert Waffle

• Alfred Wegener

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The layer of plastic rock under the lithosphere.

• Cryosphere

• Atmosphere

• Aesthenosphere

• Actosphere

Earthquakes commonly occur where?

• Plate boundaries

• Mountains

• Everywhere

• Away from plate boundaries

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The massive ocean around Pangea was called what?

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Panatlantic

• Panthalassa

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Tectonic plates are blocks of _______________.

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Magma

• Magnetic Rock

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Tectonic plates can be oceanic and continental.

• True

• False

Which type of boundary created the Himalayas?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Insurgent

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Which type of boundary is the San Andreas?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Insurgent

What happened to Pangea beginning around 250 million years ago?

• It came together

• It began breaking apart

• It started spinning

• It died :(

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Which of the following is NOT evidence of plate tectonics?

• Paleomagnetism

• Matching basalt in Africa and South America

• Matching Mountains in North America and Scotland

• Artifacts of ancient civilizations found in different areas

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