Plate Tectonics Review

What is the Equator used to measure?

• Distance East or West up to 180 degrees

• Distance North or South up to 90 degrees

• The size of the oceans

• The population of continents

What is the Prime Meridian used to measure?

• Distance North or South up to 90 degrees

• Distance East or West up to 180 degrees

• The depth of the oceans

• The height of the mountains

How does the Equator divide the Earth?

• Into eastern and western hemispheres

• Into northern and southern hemispheres

• Into four equal quadrants

• Into land and water regions

How does the Prime Meridian divide the Earth?

• Into northern and southern hemispheres

• Into land and water regions

• Into eastern and western hemispheres

• Into four equal quadrants

What is the line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres called?

• The Prime Meridian

• The Tropic of Cancer

• The Equator

• The Tropic of Capricorn

Which line is marked as the starting point for measuring longitude?

• The Equator

• The International Date Line

• The Tropic of Capricorn

• The Prime Meridian

Who theorized that all the continents move slowly over time?

• Charles Darwin

• Marie Curie

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

What was the name of the giant supercontinent that existed roughly 200 million years ago?

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

• Pangaea

• Eurasia

Which of the following is NOT one of the pieces of evidence discussed for continental drift?

• Continents fit together like a puzzle

• Similar mountain ranges between continents

• Same fossils on different continents with different environments

• The discovery of DNA

What type of activity was cited as evidence for continental drift?

• Volcanic activity

• Glacial activity

• Tectonic activity

• Meteorite impacts