4/3/23 Test

Question 1

Name the 2 continents combined to form Pangaea.

Answer 1

North America and Africa

Question 2

Name the 2 continents that look alike that could fit together 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

Asthenosphere

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

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 in deep _________.

Answer 13

ocean trenches

Question 14

______ is the process that powers plate tectonics.

Answer 14

Convection

Question 15

________ are 2 plates that collide with each other.

Answer 15

Conversions

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 2 continental plates diverge a _______ forms.

Answer 20

valley rift