Pangea

Which of these phenomenon is not directly cased by plate tectonics

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Tsunamis

• Landslides

What type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypothesis?

• evidence from landforms

• evidence from fossils

• evidence from human remains

• evidence from climate

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other.

• transform faults

• fault zones

• normal polarity

• ocean trenches

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CCSS.L.8.4A

the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans

• mid-ocean ridges

• sea floor spreading

• reversed polarity

• volcanic arc

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CCSS.W.8.2D

The thin, solid, outermost layer of Earth; made of less dense silicates and is either continental (landmasses) or oceanic (ocean floors)

• mantle

• crust

• pangea

• earthquake

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of Pangaea and today's theory of Plate Tectonics?

• Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.

• Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the organisms that made the fossils.

• Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1B

Look at the contour image of the mountain range and pick the correct side view (profile)

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What type of plate is thicker?

• continental

• oceanic

What is Plate Tectonics?

• movement of the Earth in space

• movement of the oceans against Earth's land

• movement of the Earth around the sun

• movement of the pieces of Earth's crust

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun

• Magnetic Pole Reversal

• Convection currents in the mantle

• Faults in Mountain Ranges