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WorksheetsPlate Tectonics Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 19mins
In addition to fossil locations, what other evidence supports the theory of continental drift?
Landforms & Rock Types
Weather & Rock Types
Landforms & Climate
Breaks in the crust are called (a) .
A continent is (a) a tectonic plate.
Match the following.
Plates move slowly on top of the mantle.
True
Earthquakes and mountains are created from plate movement.
True
Plates are fixed in place and do not move.
False
After Pangea broke apart, the changes became permanent.
True
False
The theory of (a) links together the ideas of continental drift and ocean-floor spreading to explain how Earth has changed over time.
Evidence supporting Pangea includes (a) .
Who was the German Scientist that found evidence in support of Pangea?
Alfred Pangea
Alfred Wegener
Thomas Edison
George Washington
Crust
The layer that we stand on & the layer divided into tectonic plates.
Inner Core
The hottest layer, made of solid iron and nickel due to the pressure on it
Outer Core
A hot layer of the Earth made of iron and nickel.
Mantle
The largest layer that makes up 85% of Earth's mass.
Most earthquakes occur along the (a) of tectonic plates.
What are the results of plate tectonics?
Mountains
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
All of the options
The flow of (a) causes movement of plates on Earth.
Describe what happens to Pangea over time.
Where do Earth plates meet?
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Plate Boundaries
Oceans
Match the following.
Magma
A mixture of very hot melted or semi-melted
rock that is found beneath the surface of the Earth.
Tectonic Plates
Plates on the outer shell that glide slowly.
Crust
The outermost layer of the Earth.
Lystrosaurus
A heavily built, herbivorous
animal, approximately the size of a pig.
Why would the bones of a fish be found far away from the water?
The fish bones would be found far away because plate tectonic movement.
The fish bones got carried away from the water.
The fish bones were blown away from the water.
Volcanoes occur at a tectonic plate (a) .
