3.1 Vocab

Question 1

supercontinent formed in the Paleozoic era of Earth’s history. It consisted of all the continents as one large landmass.

Answer 1

Pangaea

Question 2

Earth’s surface is made up of plates. Deep beneath Earth, the mantle is hot and semi-solid. Continental plates float on this. The convection current in the mantle causes the plates to move is called?

Answer 2

continental drift

Question 3

The Earth’s surface is really not one piece but is made of many pieces called tectonic plates.
The plates are usually steady and still.is called?

Answer 3

fault

Question 4

a shape in a rock from million of years ago is called?

Answer 4

fossil

Question 5

an oceanic rift zone that consists of long mountain chains with a central rift valley; divergent boundary

Answer 5

Mid-ocean ridge

Question 6

crustal structure form by divergence of two tectonic plates

Answer 6

Ocean trench

Question 7

one of several huge pieces of Earth’s crust

Answer 7

Tectonic Plate

Question 8

the theory that describes the movement and recycling of segments of Earth’s crust, called tectonic plates

Answer 8

Plate tectonic