Moving continents (lesson 1 quiz)

What is Pangaea?

• A type of volcano

• A supercontinent

• A type of ocean trench

• A type of mid-ocean ridge

What is continental drift?

• The formation of ocean trenches

• The formation of mountains

• The movement of continents

• The movement of tectonic plates

What is a mid-ocean ridge?

• A deep underwater trench

• A long mountain range on the ocean floor

• A type of volcano

• A large landmass

What is an ocean trench?

• A large landmass

• A type of volcano

• A long mountain range on the ocean floor

• A deep underwater trough

What is seafloor spreading?

• The process of ocean water evaporating

• The process of ocean currents moving sediment

• The process of earthquakes on the ocean floor

• The process of new oceanic crust forming

What is magma?

• A type of ocean trench

• Molten rock stored below Earth's surface

• Solid rock on the Earth's surface

• Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface

What is lava?

• A type of ocean trench

• Magma that erupts onto Earth's surface

• Molten rock stored below Earth's surface

• Solid rock on the Earth's surface

What is the age of the breakup of Pangaea?

• 100 million years ago

• 200 million years ago

• 300 million years ago

• 400 million years ago

What are the places of Earth's crust that carry the continents and oceans?

• sea floor spreading

• continental drift

• plates

• faults