Pangea
What is Pangea? Explain in your own words
Answers will vary. Teacher decides if the question is answered correctly.
How many different groups or categories of rocks are there?
3
What is a continent?
A type of land
OR
The Earth's Crust
OR
a piece of the lithosphere
What happens to a liquid when it is heated?
Heat makes a liquid rise up. It travels down when it cools.
What city is The Tech located in?
How did Pangea become the continents of the Earth that we know today?
Tectonic plates slowly moved apart over millions of years.
What is a natural disaster that can help form new rocks?
Either Volcanoes, Earthquakes, floods, or Tsunamis are acceptable answers
Continental drift theory says that the Earth's crust is split up into large pieces that move around. What are those pieces called?
Plates
OR
Tectonic Plates
How many layers does the Earth have?
4
What time did the bus leave on Thursday morning?
8:00
What does the word "Pangea" mean?
"All the Earth"
Where do Igneous rocks, like obsidian and pumice come from?
They are made from magma cooling down.
OR
Volcanoes/They are volcanic rock
Alfred Wegener first proposed Continental Drift Theory in 1912. What kind of science did he study?
Meteorology
OR
The Weather
If the continents are moving apart, why can't we feel them moving?
They are moving so slowly that we cannot feel it.
Name at least 2 ways that going to the Tech was different from our regular class.
(sarcastic or disrespectful answers will not count)
Answers will vary, but correct answers will be true, thoughtful, and follow the Panther Way.
How did most people react when they first heard about the idea of Pangea?
People did not believe that the continents had moved apart.
Name 3 specific rocks that you know of
Answers may vary. The teacher decides who is right.
What is the name of a scientist who studies fossils?
A Paleontologist
What is the name of the layer of Earth that moves like a liquid?
The Mantle
What was our bus driver's name?
Isaac.
What is the name of the scientist that discovered the existence of Pangea?
Alfred Wegener
Name one of the forces that helps different types of rocks to form (for example, heat is a force that helps metamorphic rock form)
Answers will vary. Any correct answer will be accepted, as long as it is not the example given in the question.
Name 2 natural disasters that might happen along a Tectonic Plate boundary
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, or Volcanoes. 2 of these 3 will be marked as correct.
What happens when 2 tectonic plates collide, and one plate gets pushed under the other?
One plate will melt under the pressure of the other.
Answers will vary. Teacher decides what is appropriate.