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Plate Tectonics: Dynamic Earth Interactives

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

#7. The scientist who suggested that earth’s continents were

once joined together in one large mass was ...

a)

Alfred Hitchcock

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Mr. Boring

2.

#7. The continents were once joined together in one large mass called...

a)

Gondowanaland

b)

Laurasia

c)

Panera

d)

Pangaea

3.

#7. This later led to the development of the _______ ________ theory.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

dinner plate

4.

#8. Pangaea began to break up about ____ million years ago..

a)

200

b)

135

c)

225

d)

65

e)

50-40

5.

#9. Earth's outer layer (including and supporting the crust from below) that is broken into several large slabs called tectonic plates is called...

a)

asthenosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

core

6.

#9. These plates, which hold the continents and oceans, are _______ but constantly moving.

a)

quickly

b)

slowly

7.

#9. These plates, which hold the continents and oceans, are slowly but ______________moving.

a)

constantly

b)

sometimes

c)

often

d)

rarely