Plate tectonics review

the super-continent that all continents were once a part of

the movement of Earth's continents over time

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• scientific theory

• plate boundary

Which of the following is an example of evidence Alfred Wegener used to prove his theory of continental drift?

• data of earthquake activity

• the Himalaya Mountains

• fossil discoveries

• ancient maps of the world

mountain ranges in the middle of the ocean

• mid-ocean ridge

• seafloor spreading

• lithosphere

• plate boundary

the process of new oceanic crust forming along a mid-ocean ridge

• lithosphere

• continental crust

• seafloor eruption

• seafloor spreading

rigid slabs of rock that move with respect to each other

• lithosphere

• tectonic plates

• continents

• continental drift

the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density

• condensation

• conduction

• convection

• concurrent

What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?

• ocean tides

• volcanic eruptions

• the rock cycle

• convection currents

forms where two plates collide

• divergent plate boundary

• transform plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary

forms where two plates separate

• divergent plate boundary

• transform plate boundary

• convergent plate boundary