Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics Practice Flashcard

Front

Which of the following is NOT a piece of evidence presented by Wegener to support Continental Drift?

• Plant and animal fossils on different continents
• Matching landforms on different continents
• Magnetic striping on the ocean floor
• Puzzle fit of modern continents

Back

Magnetic striping on the ocean floor

Front

What is this a picture of?

Back

Pangea

Front

Why was the Continental Drift Theory originally not well received by other scientists?

Back

Wegener could not explain the mechanism that made continents move.

Front

True or false: The plates are currently moving.

Back

True

Front

When tectonic plates move towards each other, this boundary is:

Back

convergent

Front

What type of phenomenon/event is created at a transform boundary?

Back

Earthquakes

Front

What boundary does the picture show? Options: Transform, Divergent, Convergent

Back

Transform

Front

What drives the movement of Earth's plates?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle

Front

Which is denser: oceanic or continental crust?

Back

Oceanic

Front

What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?

Back

South America and Africa