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WorksheetsPlate tectonic vocab quizziz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What do tectonic plates rest on?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Core
Mantle
Why do older rocks on the sea-floor sink?
They are denser
The asthenosphere pulls them in
What continents were on earth about 65 million years ago?
Laurasia and Gondwana
North America, Eurasia, South America, and 3 others
Pangea
Which tectonic plate is only oceanic crust?
Nazca plate
Pacific plate
Eurasian plate
African plate
What is a transform boundary?
A boundary which 2 plates move past each other horizontally
A boundary which 2 plates move away from each other
A boundary which 2 plates collide
What is it called when hot rock from the mantle rises up and cools and goes back down?
Mantle convection
Ridge push
Slab pull
What is it called when hot rock from the mantle rises up and cools and goes back down?
Mantle convection
Ridge push
Slab pull
What is the asthenosphere described as?
Liquid and solid
Liquid
Solid
What kind of boundary was the San Andreas fault?
Transboundary
Divergent
Convergent
Scientists think Pangaea was real because
the same dinosaur bones were found on different continents
Mountains formed on different sides
Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Isaac Newton
Prince Henry
Albert Wegener
Albert Einstein
What causes sea-floor spreading?
Convection
Mid ocean ridges
Deep ocean trenches
All of the above
A German scientist Alfred Wegener was the first to hypothesize that ...........
Continents were once joined
The sea floor is spreading
Continents are moving
The Earth's magnetic pole flips
How are mountains formed?
convergent boundaries
Divergent boundaries
