WorksheetsContinental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
The idea that explained how continents moved over time
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
A German scientist who first had the idea of continental drift.
Albert Einstein
Galileo
Alfred Wegener
Gladys West
The name of the supercontinent before they moved to where the continents are today.
Continental Drift
Pangea
Super Country
United States of America
The year Wegener first had the idea for continental drift
1975
1950
1888
1912
The decade when other scientists started believing Wegener
1940's
1950's
1960's
1970's
The scientific theory that describes how the Earth’s crust (and upper mantle) is divided into plates that can move (very slowly).
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
The places where tectonic plates (big pieces of crust) meet together
Continental Drift
Pangea
Plate Tectonics Theory
Plate Boundaries
The tectonic plates move apart
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Personal Boundary
The tectonic plates move together
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Personal Boundary
The tectonic plates slide past.
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Personal Boundary
