Plate Tectonics Review Game

Front

In his theory of continental drift, Alfred Wegener proposed that ________.

Back

the continents were once joined together in one land mass.

Front

What do divergent boundaries do?

Back

Divergent boundaries move apart and form mid ocean ridges.

Front

Where are most earthquakes and volcanoes formed?

Back

Along the edges of tectonic plates.

Front

Why was Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift not at first widely accepted by the scientific community?

Back

He had no evidence to support it.

Front

At transform boundaries, tectonic plates _______.

Back

slide past each other.

Front

What is the lithosphere?

Back

The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

Front

What is the asthenosphere?

Back

The semi-fluid layer beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.

Front

What are tectonic plates?

Back

Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

Front

What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.

Front

What is a mid-ocean ridge?

Back

An underwater mountain range formed by divergent tectonic plates.