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Continental drift

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Plate Tectonics supports the idea that all continents were once fused together called _____________ .

a)

The rock cycle

b)

Supercontinent

c)

The crust

d)

Pangea

2.

The evidence is in ______________________, where coastlines and mountain ranges appear to fit together like a puzzle all over the world

a)

Continental drift

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

The Rock Cycle

d)

Divergent boundaries

3.

Other evidence include __________________ that plate tectonics does occurr in the crust of the Earth.

a)

Rock formation, weather, fossils

b)

Mountain formation, fossils, climate

c)

Land features, fossils, climate

d)

Valleys, Ocean trenches, climate

4.

A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust is called _________________

a)

Pangea

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

The Rock Cycle

d)

Sea-floor spreading

5.

What is Pangaea?

a)

The name of a German scientist

b)

Another name for continental drift

c)

The name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago

d)

The name of ancient fossil

6.

What evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continential drift?

a)

Fossil discoveries

b)

The Himalayan Mountains

c)

Ancient maps of the world

d)

Charts of seismic activity

7.

What is true of tectonics plates?

a)

They are constantly moving

b)

Earthquakes cause them to move

c)

They don't move for centuries at a time

d)

There are fewer & fewer of them

8.

Which of the following best describes the location of the mantle?

a)

Above the crust

b)

Between the crust & the lithosphere

c)

Between the crust & the core

d)

Beneath the core

9.

Convention currents are powered by:

a)

Motion

b)

Pressure

c)

Heat

d)

Density

10.

What is this a picture of?

a)

plate tectonics

b)

continental drift

c)

pangaea

d)

glacier scaring

11.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________. 
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos