Continental Drift and Tectonics

This Scientist was credited with coming up with the theory of continental drift

• Sean
• Alfred Wegner
• Otto von Wulfhoop

• Marie Curie

How far does the North American plate move per year?

• 2.75cm
• 7.25cm
• 5.72cm
• It does not move

The place where 2 tectonic plates meet is a

• Plate Boundary
• Fault
• Tectonic Gathering
• Convergence

Convection currents in the mantle do this:

• Make the aurora borealis
• Heat up the Earth's core
• Drive plate movement
• Add to the Earth's magnetic field

Wat type of boundary is this?

• Transform Boundary
• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary

What type of boundary is this?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Transform

What type of boundary is this?

• Convergent Boundary
• Divergent Boundary
• Transform Boundary

Subduction causes what type of land feature

• Trench
• Mountain
• Valley
• Volcano

The breaking of Earth's crust and the sliding of the blocks of crust along the break

• Folding
• Deformation
• Faulting
• Spreading

When oceanic crust converges with continental crust what occurs?

• Tension Stress
• Subduction
• Sea Floor Spreading
• Strike Slip Fault