Plate Tectonics Review

This was the supercontinent that existed 500 million years ago

• Gondwala

• Pandora

• Pangaea

• Panama

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which of these is NOT an evidence of Pangaea?

• similar landforms across continents

• similar fossils on widespread continents

• similar current climate

• evidence of a similar climate millions of years ago

Who came up with the theory of Pangaea?

• Werner

• Wegener

• Newton

• Darwin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

At this type of boundary, plates move away from each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

At this type of boundary, plates slide past each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

At this type of boundary, plates collide with each other

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

This causes plate tectonics

• conduction in the mantle

• radiation from the Sun

• convection in the outer core

• convection in the mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Tectonic plates are made of the:

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mesosphere

• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

This forms at a divergent boundary on land:

• deep-ocean trench

• rift valley

• mid-ocean ridge

• mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

These forms at a divergent boundary under oceans (pick 2)

• mid-ocean ridge

• deep-ocean trench

• mountains

• earthquakes