Plate Tectonics Review game

In his theory of continental drift, Alfred Wegener proposed that ________.

• the continents were once joined together in one land mass

• the continents are all moving together and will soon collide

• Earth is expanding

At transform boundaries, tectonic plates _______.

• move apart

• slide past each other

• collide

• do not move

At convergent boundaries, the tectonic plates _______________.

• move apart

• slide past each other

• collide

What was the supercontinent called when all seven continents were together?

• Eurasia

• Pangea

The process that powers plate tectonics is

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Subduction

The hypothesis that continents slowly move across the Earth’s surface.

• Continental Drift

• deep ocean trench

• Pangea

The process in which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and then back into the mantle.

• deep ocean trench

• fault

• subduction

The fossil plant Glossopteris has been found in Africa, Australia, India, South America, and Antarctica. This evidence helps support the idea that ____________.

• the continents have always been at the same locations they are now

• the continents have moved

• the continents were all once covered by ice

Which letter is the youngest part of the seafloor?

• A

• C

• D

• E

Where are most earthquakes and volcanoes formed?

• In the middle of the continents

• Near the North and South poles

• Along the equator

• Along the edges of tectonic plates