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Continental Drift & Tectonic Plates

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the theory that the continents used to be together but then drifted apart called?

a)

Continental Shift

b)

Continental Movement

c)

Continental Drift

d)

The Sid Shuffle

2.

Who created the theory of continental drift?

a)

Jack Black

b)

Alfred Wegener

c)

Micheal Jordan

d)

James Madison

3.

What was it called when all of the continents were together

a)

Superbia

b)

Eggland

c)

Charlandia

d)

Pangaea

4.

What was Wegeners Evidence towards the theory of continental drift?

a)

Land Features & Continent Shape

b)

Fossils

c)

Climate

d)

All of the above

5.

Why did other scientists reject Wegener?

a)

They hated him

b)

He has previously come up with theories which were proven false

c)

He could not identify the cause of the drifting continents

d)

He was a mean person

6.

What's floating on top of the mantle and moving the crust?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Tectonic Plates

c)

Convection Currents

d)

Faults

7.

What is happening here?

a)

Tectonic Plates

b)

Convection

c)

Subduction

d)

Convergent

8.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Earthquake

9.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Foot

10.

What type of boundary is this?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Donuts

11.

What does a convergent boundary cause

a)

Subduction Zone

b)

Converging Zone

c)

Fault

d)

Feet

12.

What kind of boundary creates a deep ocean trench?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Leg

13.

When is a fault created?

a)

At a convergent boundary

b)

At a divergent boundary

c)

At a transform boundary

d)

When Alfred Wegener stomps

14.

On what boundary is a rift valley caused?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Bowl of Cheerios

15.

What causes tectonic plates to move?

a)

Convection Currents

b)

Subduction Zones

c)

Ring of Fire

d)

Deep ocean trenches

16.

What layer of the Mantle do the tectonic plates float on?

a)

lithosphere

b)

asthenosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

geosphere