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WorksheetsQuiz #2-Tectonic Plates
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
Check the all the major plates.
EURASIAN PLATE
NORTH AMERICAN PLATE
PHILIPPINE PLATE
PACIFIC PLATE
ARABIAN PLATE
A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere.
(a)
This theory that explains the breakup of Pangaea into several continents.
(a)
About 250 million years ago, the world’s 7 major continents were all group in a supercontinent called (a) .
Each plate is slowly but continuously moving.
TRUE
FALSE
What happened to Pangea?
a. It divides into two major landmasses.
b. It divides into several pieces millions of years ago.
c. It remains solid and undivided.
d. It sinks and disappear in the ocean.
Plate Tectonic Theory states that the;
A. earth’s crust is solid and never be broken.
B. pieces of the earth’s crust are moving fast.
C. pieces of the earth’s crust are moving slowly.
D. continental and oceanic crust are moving away from each other.
What makes the plates move?
A. movement of the magma under the plates.
B. boiling water in the mantle.
C. heat of the inner core.
D. water in the ocean where the plates are located.
The mantle within the earth’s surface flows due to convection currents.
TRUE
FALSE
What theory explains the breakup of Pangea into several continents?
Atomic Theory
Big Bang Theory
Plate Tectonic theory
Quantum Mechanical Theory
