Yr9 Continental Drift Quiz

What is the outer layer of the earth called?

• Inner core
• Outer core
• Crust
• Mantle

What was the name of the supercontinent?

• The world
• Pangea
• Land
• Mass continent

The theory that the continents have not always been in their present locations but have moved there over millions of years

• Continental Drift Theory

• Plate Tectonics

• Alfred Wegener

• Lystrasaurus

The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of____.

• magnetic reversal

• continental drift

• seafloor spreading

• oceanic drift

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by______.

• convection currents

• rotation of the Earth

• movement of materials in the outer core

• revolution of the Earth

Where do convection currents occur? Circle the correct layer.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In convection, COOL air

• Rises
• Sinks

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In convection, WARM air

• Rises
• Sinks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The place where two plates meet.

• plate boundary

• tectonic plate

• asthenosphere

• crust

The process that creates new seafloor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges

• stressing

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• shearing