Plate Tectonics

Pangaea is a theory where all continents began as

• one big country

• one big continent

South America and Africa look to fit together like a puzzle

• does not support the theory of Pangaea

• does support the theory of Pangaea

Fossils can also give evidence for a Pangaea theory

• True

• False

When a fossil of an animal is found on almost all continents, then it supports

• the idea of a traveling animal

• the idea of a connected original continent

• the idea of a flying animal

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• continental drift

• oceans

Breaks in the crust called __________ form where plates meet.

• mountains

• rift valleys

• faults

• trenches

Plates slide past each other at _________________ boundaries.

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• universal

________________ currents drive Earth's plate movement.

• ocean

• atmosphere

• wind

• convection

Plates slide apart along _____________ boundaries.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• universal

The San Andreas fault is an example of which type of boundary?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

• universal