What was the name of the single continent that comprised all of today’s continents, according to tectonic plate theory?
6th-Sc-Ch12-Rev

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Due to the presence of fossils common to
different continents.
Cracks or fissures in a plate, caused by motion inside the lithosphere.
It states that the surface of the geosphere consists of a rigid layer called the lithosphere, which in turn is
fragmented into plates.
Pangea
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the tectonic plate theory?
Due to the presence of fossils common to
different continents.
Cracks or fissures in a plate, caused by motion inside the lithosphere.
It states that the surface of the geosphere consists of a rigid layer called the lithosphere, which in turn is
fragmented into plates.
Pangea
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do fossils lead us to believe that the continents used to be joined together?
Due to the presence of fossils common to
different continents.
Cracks or fissures in a plate, caused by motion inside the lithosphere.
It states that the surface of the geosphere consists of a rigid layer called the lithosphere, which in turn is
fragmented into plates.
Pangea
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are geological faults?
Due to the presence of fossils common to
different continents.
Cracks or fissures in a plate, caused by motion inside the lithosphere.
It states that the surface of the geosphere consists of a rigid layer called the lithosphere, which in turn is
fragmented into plates.
Pangea
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Describe how these geological features move: oceanic ridges
Tectonic plates meet and collide. One of them sinks below the other, creating deep trenches.
The magma that creates the lithosphere bursts out of them and the plates separate,
creating mountains on the ocean bottom.
Fissures are created in a plate, and this causes earth tremors.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Describe how these geological features move: subduction zones
Tectonic plates meet and collide. One of them sinks below the other, creating deep trenches.
The magma that creates the lithosphere bursts out of them and the plates separate,
creating mountains on the ocean bottom.
Fissures are created in a plate, and this causes earth tremors.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Describe how these geological features move: geological faults
Tectonic plates meet and collide. One of them sinks below the other, creating deep trenches.
The magma that creates the lithosphere bursts out of them and the plates separate,
creating mountains on the ocean bottom.
Fissures are created in a plate, and this causes earth tremors.
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