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Question 1

Name the 2 continents combined to form Pangaea

Answer 1

Africa and north america

Question 2

Name the 2 continents that look alike that could fit together in a jigsaw puzzle

Answer 2

Africa and South America

Question 3

The transfer of heat by direct contact of particles is called

Answer 3

conduction

Question 4

_________ is a relatively soft layer of the upper mantle

Answer 4

Asthenosphere

Question 5

________ forms along a divergent boundary

Answer 5

rift valley

Question 6

_______ is a well tested theory based on an observation

Answer 6

scientific theory

Question 7

Who first discussed the theory of plate tectonics

Answer 7

Wegener

Question 8

In what year did the continental drift originate

Answer 8

1915

Question 9

The _____________ are faults found in california

Answer 9

San andreas

Question 10

Which 2 continents caused drifting

Answer 10

Antarctica and australia

Question 11

What is found in the ocean and is affected by the continental drift

Answer 11

coral reefs

Question 12

_______ means all lands

Answer 12

Pangaea

Question 13

Subduction of the ocean floor takes place at

Answer 13

deep ocean trenches

Question 14

_________ is the process that powers plate tectonics

Answer 14

convection

Question 15

__________ are 2 plates that collide with eachother

Answer 15

convergent

Question 16

The continental ______ is made up of rocks like granite

Answer 16

crust

Question 17

Slow movements of mantle rock are called __________ transfer

Answer 17

convection

Question 18

________ is a single landform that broke apart about 250 million years ago

Answer 18

Pangaea

Question 19

__________________ are places where the oceanic crust sinks back into the mantle

Answer 19

Deep ocean trenches

Question 20

When two continental plates diverge ____________ forms

Answer 20

diversion