Plate Tectonic Theory

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.

• Pantry

• Pangea

• Wegenerland

• Eurasia

Geologist and Navy Admiral who mapped the seafloor in WWII discovering the Mid Atlantic Ridge and ocean trenches which led to his theory of 'seafloor spreading'

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

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Wegener said the continents seemed to ...

• fit together like puzzle pieces

• have never moved

• be made of coal

• be sinking into the mantle

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

• The theory that describes how Earth's outer layers is broken up into moving tectonic plates

• Tectonic plates stay in one place

• All of the continents were once apart of a Super Continent called Panthalassa

• All of the plates were once a solid plate until they broke up and moved to their current position

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Which below is a possible cause of tectonic plate motion?

• ocean tides

• the sun

• convection currents

• current weather patterns

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Which picture below represents a convection current?

• GPS

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This is an example of -

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

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Tectonic plates are huge pieces of ____________ that slowly move on the asthenosphere and consist of the crust

and the rigid, uppermost part of the mantle

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• rock formations

• land mass

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The 3 types of plate boundaries are convergent, divergent and hots pot.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Earth's plates are....

• Constantly moving and changing the face of the Earth
• Never moved
• Move seldom and very fast
• move when they feel like it

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