Plate Tectonics Review

In addition to fossil locations, what other evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

• Landforms & Rock Types

• Weather & Rock Types

• Landforms & Climate

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Breaks in the crust are called ______ .

A continent is ​ (a)   a tectonic plate.

• different than
• the same as

Match the following.

• False

• Earthquakes and mountains are created from plate movement.

• True

• Plates move slowly on top of the mantle.

• True

• Plates are fixed in place and do not move.

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After Pangea broke apart, the changes became permanent.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The continents are constantly shifting, even if it is only 1 inch per year on average.

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The theory of __________  links together the ideas of continental drift and ocean-floor spreading to explain how Earth has changed over time.

Evidence supporting Pangea includes ​ (a)   .

• all of the options
• fossils
• rocks
• shapes of the continents fitting together

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Who was the German Scientist that found evidence in support of Pangea?

• Alfred Pangea

• Alfred Wegener

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington

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Match the following

• A hot layer of the Earth made of iron and nickel.

• Mantle

• The layer that we stand on & the layer divided into tectonic plates.

• Crust

• The largest layer that makes up 85% of Earth's mass.

• Outer Core

• The hottest layer, made of solid iron and nickel due to the pressure on it

• Inner Core

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Most earthquakes occur along the _____ of tectonic plates.

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