Plate Tectonics

Question 1

What is a reason for why the Tectonic plates move? (Geographical feature!)

Answer 1

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, as well as Convection Currents in the Asthenosphere

Question 2

Who first discovered Pangaea and created the first theory of Continental Drift?

Answer 2

Alfred Wegner

Question 3

True or False– Alfred Wegner was hailed as a great scientist when he first discovered when he discovered Continental Drift.

Answer 3

FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE I TELL YOU HE WAS SHAMED BY HIS OWN FATHER

Question 4

What did Harry Hess do?

Answer 4

Harry Hess discovered that the ocean floor was NOT flat– he discovered a mountain range underwater. He added to Wegner’s theory of Continental Drift.

Question 5

True or false– Up until the 1900s, everybody thought the ocean floor was flat.

Answer 5

True