Pre-Test Evidence of Plate Tectonics

What evidences do scientists use to support the Continental Drift Theory?

• A. rocks, fossils, air

• B. rocks, water, ice

• C. rocks, fossils, climate

• D. rocks, fossils, human beings

What discovery provided strong support for Continental Drift Theory?

• A. Geology

• B. Fossil evidence

• C. Electromagnetism

• D. Paleomagnetism

How do you describe the locations of earthquake epicenters, mountain rangers, and moving plates in the Pacific Ring of Fire? They are _____.

• A. all over the place

• B. concentrated in one area

• C. strategically plotted in clusters

• D. located in the same location

What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into several plates?

• A. brightness of stars and formation of constellations in the sky

• B. a cycle of high and low tides during full moon

• C. the occurrence of earthquake, volcanism and mountain formation

• D. the uneven distribution of heat in the globe

How will you relate the distributions of mountain ranges, earthquake epicenters and volcanoes?

• A. Mountain ranges are found in places where volcanoes and/or earthquake epicenters are also situated.

• B. Mountain ranges are found in places between where volcanoes and earthquake epicenters are also situated.

• C. Mountain ranges are found only in places where earthquake epicenters are situated.

• D. Mountain ranges are found only in places where volcanoes are situated