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Pangea (TED ED)

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The top two layers of the Earth’s mantle are the lithosphere and the ________.

a)

Core

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Asthenosphere

2.

What was the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?

a)

Kenorland

b)

Pangea

c)

Columbia

d)

Rodinia

3.

What is the name for the type of interaction where two plates move away from each other?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Transform boundary

c)

Divergent boundary

d)

None of the above

4.

The ground below your feet moves at the rate at which________.

a)

A rocket takes off

b)

Sound travels

c)

A willow tree sprouts

d)

Your fingernails grow

5.

How many tectonic plates are there?

a)

Seven

b)

Six

c)

Five

d)

Eight

6.

A scientist who studies Earth's processes and the history that shaped it is called a...

a)

Geologist

b)

Teacher

c)

Biologist

d)

Student

7.

The outermost layer of the Earth that contains the continents and the oceans.

a)

Mantle

b)

Outer core

c)

Crust

d)

Inner core

8.

The plates that make up the Earth's crust that are responsible for continental drift

a)

Continental crust

b)

Geologist

c)

Oceanic crust

d)

Tectonic plates

9.

We live on the core of the Earth.

a)

True.

b)

False.

10.

The majority, about 75%, of Earth is made up of land.

a)

True.

b)

False.

11.

Tectonic plates are still moving, causing continents to drift.

a)

True.

b)

False.