Plate tectonics (intro 2)

Name the plate on which Barbados is situated.

• Nazca plate

• North American plate

• Caribbean plate

• South American plate

What is the theory behind Pangaea?

• An organisms that is found in the South Africa.

• A landmass or a supercontinent that is theorized as how the continents used to be ONE big continent.

• The process of creating new continents.

• The process where continents collide and create new continents.

What is the name of the scientist that introduced the idea of Pangaea?

• Alfred Von Halen

• Thomas Edison

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einsten

Heat is transferred by movement of liquids or gases.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Tranformation

The outer layer of the Earth is called the __________.

• core
• crust
• mantle
• plates

The layer below the Earth's crust is the

• core

• lava

• magma

• mantle

The earth is hotter in the center than near the crust.

• True
• False

The layer of rock between the earth's crust and core

• mantle

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• outer core

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called

• Divergent Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction

A Plate Boundary where two plates move toward each other is called

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary
• Subduction