Continental drift and Plate tectonics quiz

Pangea is said to be the ancient supercontinent? True or false

• True

• False

What is continental drift?

• Continents move very quickly

• Continents move very slowly, centimeters per year

• Continents stay still and do not move

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What are the 4 pieces of evidence for continental drift? Check ALL that apply.

• Geographic fit of the continents

• Fossil evidence

• Similar rock types and mountain ranges

• Ancient climate evidence

Who was the scientist who came up with continental drift?

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac newton

• Rosalind Franklin

• Alfred Wegener

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Alfred Wegener believed that the earth moved ___________ per year over millions of years.

• miles

• kilometers

• 100 miles

• centimeters

What are the 2 continents that will fit together? Check all that apply.

• South America

• North America

• Africa

• Europe

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The lithosphere is made of the _____ and ______?

• Crust and Mantle

• Crust and core

• Mantle and core

• only the crust

Which type of crust is thin but very dense?

• Continental crust

• Oceanic crust

Oceanic crust is dense due to ?

• Lava

• Water pressure

• Volcanos

• Air

What are the 3 types of plate boundaries? Check all that apply.

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• lithosphere