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WorksheetsContinental Drift Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Mountains on the Earth's surface form in random locations, with no relation to Earth's plates.
True
False
What did scientist Alfred Wegener call the large super continent that once existed?
Pangea
Panamerica
Eurasia
Ring of Fire
Which of these pieces of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?
fossils from different continents
subduction zones
divergent boundaries
seafloor spreading
Which of these is NOT used as evidence that Earth's surface consists of plates that are in continuous motion?
Mountains
Volcanos
earthquakes
blizzards
The rocky outer layer of the Earth is called the ____________.
hydrosphere
lithosphere
atmosphere
mantle
Seafloor spreading explains why ___________.
materials circulate within the Earth's mantle
the oldest part of the ocean floor is found farthest from the mid-ocean ridge
one portion of the Earth's crust dives beneath another portion
the ocean has high and low tides.
The Ring of Fire refers to ____________.
an active erupting volcano
the volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
the land once known as Pangea
the ocean has high and low tides
Scientist think that tectonic plates can move when __________.
high tide occurs
materials circulate in the Earth's mantle
magma is released from the mid-ocean ridge
the lithosphere begins to melt
A transform boundary exist where one of the Earth's plates _____________.
moves away form another plate?
slides past another plate.
crashes into another plate
dives beneath another plate
Energy release durning an Earthquake creates ______________.
a seismic wave
an eruption of molten lava
an overheated inner core
a mid-ocean ridge
What do we call the process in which one tectonic plate moves under another?
weathering
coasting
subduction
none of the above
Where are most divergent boundaries found?
ocean floor
mountains
valleys
hilly regions
What happens to plates at divergent plate boundaries?
They collide
They slide past each other
They move apart
None of the above
What is another name for transform boundaries?
Glaciers
Plateaus
Faults
Hills
What is the name of the transform boundary in California?
The Danali Fault
The Hayward Fault
The Seismic Fault
San Andreas Fault
