Earth's Plates

What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

What is represented by the picture? 

• Sea-floor spreading
• Pangea
• How the continents are arranged today
• Volcanoes

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What was Pangea?

• An ancient Mountain Range that divided Africa
• A large valley where civilization began.
• A supercontinent where all Earth's land masses were joined.
• A large meteor that hit Earth and destroyed all of the dinosaurs

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Plate
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform

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What type of event will occur at this boundary?

• Earthquake
• Volcano Eruption
• Tornado
• Mountain Building

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Which of the following is NOT evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• Similar fossils on other continents

• Deep ocean trenches

• Landform Data

• Current climate

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Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Why do tectonic plates move?

• Landmasses cause them to move

• Convection currents in Earth

• Plates are growing and expanding

• Weight of the ocean presses down

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Select the following answers that best prove plate tectonics is real.

• Life cycle of plants

• Food chains

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Change in Air pressure

Select all of the following that suggest the continents were once together and provide evidence of plate tectonics.

• Matching rock layers on separate continents

• Thin layer of sediment on the ocean floor, indicating it is young

• Interlocking coastlines like Africa and South America

• Similar land features on continents

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