WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The lithospere is broken into small sections called _____.
Earth
tectonic plates
plates
continents
The theory of how Earth's tectonic plates move and change shape is called _____.
changing continents
North American Plate
Plate Tectonics
Pangaea
This describes how the continents have moved around Earth's surface throughout history.
Pangaea
Plate Tectonics
Geologic Evidence
Continental Drift
Fossils evidence was found on South America and Africa that the continents seperated one exampe of a reptile fossil was _____.
Mesosaurus
European flora
Glossopteris plant
Alpine Mountains
A large landmass or supercontinent that occured about 245 million years ago.
Himalayas
Euroasia
Mesosaurus
Pangaea
The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates slide past each other.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Sea-floor spreading
The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates move away from each other.
convergent
divergent
transform
Sea-floor spreading
The plate boundary that is created when two of the Earth's plates move toward each other.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Sea-floor spreading
The type of convergent boundary whe one plate moves under another plate.
mid-ocean ridge
rift valley
magma
subduction
The scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift.
Albert Einstein
Harry Hess
Alfred Wegener
Charles Darwin
