Plate tectonics

When two plates slide past each other what kind of boundary do they form?

When two plates converge on land, they form_______.

• mountains

• rivers

• valleys

• lakes

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• pangaea

• glacier scaring

How does fossil evidence support Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift?

• 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

The German scientist who first proposed the Theory of Continental Drift 100 years ago?

• Harry Hess
• Penny Pangea
• Alfred Wegener
• Gary Gondwana

Wegner used the following as pieces of evidence...

• fit/shape of continents

• geologic and fossil

• climate

• all of the above