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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Over 300 million years ago, this super continent existed
North America
Pangaea
Eurasia
______ ______ proposed the continental drift theory.
Einstein
John Cena
Alfred Wegener
This type of boundary creates....
volcanoes
earthquakes
mountains
This type of boundary creates
earthquakes
tsunamis
volcanoes
mountains
This type of boundary causes earthquakes. It's called a ________ boundary.
convergent
divergent
transform
oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
true
false
sea floor spreading creates ______ crust.
old
thick
new
Wegener had 4 pieces of supporting evidence to support his Continental Drift Theory. Select his evidence from the options below.
They didn't believe rocks could move
earth's crust is the thinnest layer
climate evidence
Convection currents in the mantle
sea floor spreading ONLY occurs during a ________ boundary.
continental crust (transform)
oceanic divergent boundary
convergent oceanic boundary
Which country merged with Asia?
Africa
India
Brazil
China
what is the cause of Earth's tectonic plates moving?
the inner core is really hot
convection currents in the mantle
tropical weather near Earth's equator.
the tile of Earth's axis.
When Wegener first proposed his Continental Drift Theory, why didn't other scientist believe him?
they already had it figured out
some scientists were blind or deaf
the president at the time didn't want everyone to know about it
other scientists didn't believe rocks could move
This process occurs when one tectonic plate falls beneath another tectonic plate. (hint* it happens more often in oceanic crust)
convection currents
underwater volcanoes
subduction
Tectonic Plate Theory
the theory that Earth's lithosphere (crust) is broken into giant pieces "plates" and these plates are in constant motion.
The Continental Drift Theory
Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Watergate Scandal
The Theory of Physics
this 12,000 mile mountain range is underneath the Atlantic Ocean.
mid ocean ridge
mid continental ridge
mid red sea ridge
the process by which new ocean crust forms along a mid ocean ridge. Older crust usually falls beneath the new ocean crust
mid ocean ridge
seafloor spreading
divergent boundary
Wegener had 4 pieces of supporting evidence to support his theory, which option is FALSE
fossils of plants and animals
climate evidence
volcano eruptions
rock structure types
There are 2 types of crust
continental & Europe
oceanic & mid ocean ridge
thin crust & handtossed
oceanic & continental
