Inside Earth Review

The theory that the continents drifted apart 1-6 inches per year is called what?

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Movement

• Plate boundaries

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Who was Alfred Wegener?

• The man who created Wegmans

• The man who created the Theory of Plate Tectonics

• The man who created the Continental Drift Theory

• An important person

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Pangaea is also referred to as a...

• Supercontinent

• landform

• continents

• old news

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What was a piece of evidence that Pangaea actually existed?

• Index fossils

• Photographs

• Word of mouth from people who lived on it

• The dinosaurs told us

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What is an index fossil?

• A fossil that looks cool

• A fossil I can measure with my index finger

• A fossil that is easily recognizable

What is the definition of plate tectonics?

• pieces of land

• Large moving pieces of Earth's crust

• the continents

• the things that move around the Earth

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Which layer of the Earth is part of the crust?

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

What is the order of the layers of the Earth from the inside out?

• outercore, mantle, crust, inner core

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• outer core, inner core, mantle crust

Which type of plate boundary is described as "when two plates divide?"

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What can form at a divergent boundary?

• earthquakes

• rift valleys and volcanoes

• thunderstorms

• trenches