Earth 1

Question 1

The theory which states plates in the lithosphere are moving.

Answer 1

Plate Tectonics

Question 2

Earth’s layer made of magma

Answer 2

mantle

Question 3

The process when old rock sinks in the trenches.

Answer 3

subduction

Question 4

Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?

Answer 4

Alfred Wegener

Question 5

List the 3 different pieces of evidence Alfred Wegener had to support that the continents were once connected and then drifted apart.

Answer 5

1. fossil evidence
2. climate change
3. shape of continents fit together

Question 6

The outermost layer of the Earth

Answer 6

crust