4/3/23 Chapter test

Question 1

Name the 2 contitnents combined to form pangaea

Answer 1

(North America and Africa)

Question 2

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

Answer 2

(South America and Africa)

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

Aesthenosphere

Question 5

A __ 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

Alfred 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 Reef

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 currents

Question 15

__ are 2 plates that collide with each other

Answer 15

convergent

Question 16

the contintental ___ 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 land form that broke apart about 250MYA

Answer 18

Pangaea

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Deep ocean treches (subduction

Question 20

When 2 continental plates diverge a __ forms

Answer 20

rift valley