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Plate Tectonics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The lithospere is broken into small sections called _____.

a)

Earth

b)

tectonic plates

c)

plates

d)

continents

2.

The theory of how Earth's tectonic plates move and change shape is called _____.

a)

changing continents

b)

North American Plate

c)

Plate Tectonics

d)

Pangaea

3.

This describes how the continents have moved around Earth's surface throughout history.

a)

Pangaea

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

Geologic Evidence

d)

Continental Drift

4.

Fossils evidence was found on South America and Africa that the continents seperated one exampe of a reptile fossil was _____.

a)

Mesosaurus

b)

European flora

c)

Glossopteris plant

d)

Alpine Mountains

5.

A large landmass or supercontinent that occured about 245 million years ago.

a)

Himalayas

b)

Euroasia

c)

Mesosaurus

d)

Pangaea

6.

The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates slide past each other.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Sea-floor spreading

7.

The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates move away from each other.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

d)

Sea-floor spreading

8.

The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates move toward each other.

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Sea-floor spreading

9.

The type of convergent boundary whe one plate moves under another plate.

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

rift valley

c)

magma

d)

subduction

10.

The scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift.

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Harry Hess

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Charles Darwin