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WorksheetsContinental Drift & Tectonic Plates
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the theory that the continents used to be together but then drifted apart called?
Continental Shift
Continental Movement
Continental Drift
The Sid Shuffle
Who created the theory of continental drift?
Jack Black
Alfred Wegener
Micheal Jordan
James Madison
What was it called when all of the continents were together
Superbia
Eggland
Charlandia
Pangaea
What was Wegeners Evidence towards the theory of continental drift?
Land Features & Continent Shape
Fossils
Climate
All of the above
Why did other scientists reject Wegener?
They hated him
He has previously come up with theories which were proven false
He could not identify the cause of the drifting continents
He was a mean person
What's floating on top of the mantle and moving the crust?
Volcanoes
Tectonic Plates
Convection Currents
Faults
What is happening here?
Tectonic Plates
Convection
Subduction
Convergent
What type of boundary is this?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Earthquake
What type of boundary is this?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Foot
What type of boundary is this?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Donuts
What does a convergent boundary cause
Subduction Zone
Converging Zone
Fault
Feet
What kind of boundary creates a deep ocean trench?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Leg
When is a fault created?
At a convergent boundary
At a divergent boundary
At a transform boundary
When Alfred Wegener stomps
On what boundary is a rift valley caused?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Bowl of Cheerios
What causes tectonic plates to move?
Convection Currents
Subduction Zones
Ring of Fire
Deep ocean trenches
What layer of the Mantle do the tectonic plates float on?
lithosphere
asthenosphere
atmosphere
geosphere
