Plate Tectonics Test

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100

What is the name of a supercontinent?

Pangea

200

How are oceanic and continental crusts different?

The oceanic crust is heavier than the continental crust

300

Draw a convection current and name the main layer it occurs in.

1. Asthenosphere

400

Name the two forms of evidence that supports sea-floor spreading

1. Pillow like rocks on the ocean floor 2. Rock samples that analyze the age of the rock

500

List the four steps of seafloor spreading

1. Mid-Ocean Ridges form 2. Lava comes out 3. Old rock is pushed away 4. New rock is formed when the lava hardens

Earth's Interior #1

100

Which layer is the coldest?

Crust

200

Which layer is made of liquid metal?

Outer Core

300

List all the layers that are solid

Crust, Mantle (Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, and Lower Mantle), and Inner Core

400

Which two layers can convection currents occur?

Asthenosphere and Outer Core

500

In order from the crust to the core, name all layers of the Earth including the different layers of the mantle

Crust, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Lower mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift

100

True or False: The Earth is one solid slab of rock

False

200

What is a plate?

a flat dish, typically circular and made of china, from which food is eaten or served.

300

What are the three geological processes that occur at plate boundaries?

Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Mountians

400

Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

Alfred Wegener

500

What are the three forms of evidence that support continental drift?

Fossils, Land Features, Climates

Continental Drift

100

Creator of continental theory

What is Wegener?

200

Evidence of matching animal fossils from two separate continents _____________________ and _____________________

What is Africa and South America?

300

Evidence of tropical plants were found on this continent

What is Antarctica?

400

Pangaea existed this many millions of years ago

What is around 250 million years ago?

500

Continental Drift Theory was not accepted because it did not explain this

What is how the continents moved?

Plate Boundaries

100

Type of plate boundary where 2 plates are moving apart

What is divergent?

200

type of plate boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other.

What is convergent?

300

Type of plate boundary where 2 plates are sliding past one another

What is transform plate?

400

This land form forms when two continental plates converge

What is a mountain?

500

The San Andres Fault is this kind of plate boundary 

What is transform fault?