Intro to Plate Tectonics and Pangea

Wegener's hypothesis of _________________ stated that over the years, continents moved into the places we know them to be today.

• Pangea

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Earth's Formation

True or False: Wegener's ideas were originally dismissed because there was no explanation of who these continents have drifted.

• True

• False

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What is one piece of evidence that was found that helped Wegener's theory become accepted?

Answer explanation

- Fossil evidence found on different continents

- Similar mountain chains found on coast lines

- Heated magma dikes

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in 1960, the theory of _________________ was found and accepted, which explains how the continents formed and reformed throughout the years.

• Pangea

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Continental Formation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate Tectonics theory says that the Earth's outer mechanical layer, the _______________ is divided into large, continent sized plates that are constantly moving.

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• lithosphere

• crust

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Where these plates meet are called ________________, and there are 3 kinds.

• faults

• convergence

• plates

• boundaries

When plates are moving towards each other, there is a ___________ boundary.

• convergent

• diverent

• transform

When plates move away from each other in opposite direction, there is a _______________ boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

When plates slide past each other, a _____________ boundary occurs.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Alfred Wegener hypothesized that about 200 million years ago the continents were joined together in a supercontinent called ________________.

• Pangea

• Plate Tectonics

• Continents

• Continental Drift

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