Plate tectonics

Evidence of life millions of years ago

• fossils

• continental drift

• lithosphere

• plate tectonics

Describes the movements of tectonic plates over long periods of time

• plate tectonic

• continental drift

• deposition

• lithosphere

Consists of the crust and part of the mantle.

• mantle

• lithosphere

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

Circular movements through the mantle

• lithosphere

• convection currents

• plate tectonics

• molten rock

The theory that the outer layer of Earth is divided and moves across Earth’s surface

• continental drift

• plate tectonics

• convections currents

• mantle

There is an idea or theory that the large masses of land all over Earth were at one time all connected as the Pangaea, or ________.

• supercontinent

• glacier

• some continents

• fossils

The pieces of Earth’s crust and uppermost mantle are referred to as _________ or lithosphere.

• continents

• tectonic plates

• supercontinent

• glacier

Evidence from rocks and ________ make clear how Earth’s plates have moved great distances.

• fossils

• glaciers

• drifitng

• tectonic plates

Alfred Wegener was a German scientist who studied metoerology.

• Tue

• False

Alfred Wegener developed the idea of continental drift.

• True

• False