Review: Theory Of Continental Drift And Plate Tectonics
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Review what you've learned about plate tectonics and continental drift.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
- A.
Alfred Wegener
- B.
Alfred
- C.
Bob
- D.
Annie Wegener
- 2.How long did it take for the continents to make it to their current postions?
- A.
200 billion years
- B.
3000 million years
- C.
200 million years
- 3.What was the name of the super-continent?
- A.
Pangeo
- B.
Pang
- C.
Pangea
- 4.What layer of the earth do tectonic plates occupy?
- A.
Lithosphere
- B.
Curst and Upper Mantle
- C.
Asthenosphere
- 5.How many MAJOR plates have been discovered?
- A.
30
- B.
20
- C.
10
- D.
15
- 6.How many types of plate boundaries are there?
- A.
2
- B.
3
- C.
2.5
- D.
4
- 7.Which bondary has three sub-types?
- A.
Divergent
- B.
Convergent
- C.
Transform
- 8.What boundary were the Himalayas created?
- A.
Divergent
- B.
Convergent
- C.
Transform
- 9.What boundary is sea-floor spreading applied?
- A.
Divergent
- B.
Convergent
- C.
Transform
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