WorksheetsDynamic Earth Part 1 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
The Theory of Continental Drift states
All the continents were part of a supercontinent called Pangaea
The continents quickly broke apart
All the continents are part of a supercontinent called Pangea
Pangea wouldn't wanna be ya
Name That Boundary
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Name That Boundary
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Match Alfred's Evidence
Similarities in the shapes of the continents
Puzzle Pieces Evidence
Similar rock formations on the continents in the Northern Hemisphere.
Rock Formation Evidence
Fossils of a plant called Glossopteris have been discovered in rocks from South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, and Australia.
Fossil Evidence: Plants
Fossils of a freshwater reptile called Mesosaurus were discovered in found solely in Southern Africa and Eastern South America
Fossil Evidence: Animals
True or False
The continental drift hypothesis suggested that continents are in a constant state of rest on the surface of Earth.
True
False
100 years ago, German Climatologist, ________________, published his theory of Continental Drift.
Alfred
Pennyworth
Alfred Schwarzenegger
Alfred
Wegener
DJ Koelling
During his lifetime, the main objection to Alfred Wegener’s proposal was the inability to find _________________ for continental drift.
evidence
forces responsible
an example
a timeline
A break in Earth’s lithosphere along which movement occurs is called a(n) ____.
Fails
Faults
Strain
Stress
These seafloor mapping showed large mountain ranges that stretched for many miles along the seafloor and are much larger than any mountain range on land are called___________
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Mid-Ocean Trenches
Underwater Mountains
Mountains of the Deep
A hot plastic-like layer under the lithosphere, flows below Earth’s plates and enables the plates to move.
Tectonic Plates
Soggy Crust
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
_____________________is an area along the edges of tectonic plates
Plate Lines
Fault
Boundary
Plate Boundary
Match the the following terms.
Boundary formed when two plates collide.
Convergent
Boundary formed when two plates separate
Divergent
Boundary formed when two plates slide past each other
Transform
Area between two plates
Plate Boundary
Name That Boundary
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Name That Boundary
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Match the following landmasses and natural disasters to the boundary it occurs
Volcanoes
Convergent-Subduction
Mountains
Convergent
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Divergent
Earthquakes
Convergent or Transform
Where can volcanoes form?
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Over Hotspots in the middle of plates
All the above
A vast, underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _________.
deep-sea trench
oceanic crust
ocean ridge
ocean floor sediment
The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at a ____.
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Hot Spot
Active volcanoes are most likely to form at ____.
Divergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Center of Continents
Convergent Boundaries
Ocean trenches are formed along lines where two plates diverge under the water.
True
False
