Our Shifting Globe

What theory explains the change in the position of the continents during Earth's history?

• Natural selection

• Rock cycle

• Big Bang

• Plate tectonics

The word 'tectonic' means: relating to the structure of

• the Earth’s crust

• the moon

• the sun

• the brain

A tectonic plate is

• a big devastating wave

• one of the many plates the Earth's surface is broken up into

• a small dish that food is eaten on

• a small dish that food is eaten on

The scientists that proposed the theory of plate tectonics is called

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Alfred Hitchcock

• Alberto Garcia

What did the surface of the Earth look like 250 million years ago?

• There was no water and no life

• There were no mountains

• There were no oceans

• All the continents were joined together

What is Pangaea?

• the large landmass that all continents are currently forming

• Earth's inner core

• the largest fault found on Earth

• the large landmass in which all continents once were connected

Tectonic plates move at about the speed

• of light

• of a greyhound

• of sound

• your fingernails grow