Homework: Plate Tectonics 1
What do you know about plate tectonics????
Name___________________________
Period______
_____1. The Theory of Plate Tectonics is also called a. continental drift c. earth moving theory b. wegenerism d. Wow!! The earth moves!!
_____2. The scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift was
d. Alfred Einstein e. Alfred Wegener f. Jim Continent g. Alfred the Big Red Dog
_____3. Fossils of this ancient reptile are found on 2 widely separated continents d. mesocrocodile f. crocodiles e. turtles g. mesosaurus
_____4. Antarctica and __________________used to be much warmer and had dinosaurs and palm trees a. Greenland b. North America c. Eurasia d. Disneyland
_____5. Alfred Wegener came up with ____ evidences of continental drift a.
3 b.
2 c. 4 d. 6 million
_____6. The original supercontinent is called a.
Eurasia b.
Laurasia c. South Asia d. Pangaea
_____7. Pangaea broke into 2 continents. The northern one is called w. Europe x. Laurasia y. Eurasia z. Gondwanaland
_____8. What 2 continents “fit” together like a puzzle? c. Eurasia and South America e. South America and Africa d. South America and Australia f. South America and Asia
_____9. Pangaea broke into 2 continents. The southern one is called a.
Gondwanaland c. earth b.
Europe d. Antarctica
_____10. The evidences Wegener had for Continental Drift were Fossils, The Climate, The Fit, and a.
Rocks and mountains are the same on different continents b.
All the continents are the same color c.
The earth is amazing and must keep moving to stay amazing d.
Mesosaurus swam across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa

______11. Magma that cooled slowly under the surface of the earth would form mineral crystals that are a. small b. large c. soft d. invisible
______12. This kind of rock is formed by weathering, erosion, compaction, and then cementation a. igneous b. metamorphic c. sedimentary d. heavy metal
______13. If you had a rare mineral that was shiny with bright color and had a hardness of 9, what would it most likely be used for? a. a metal b. a lava rock
______14. What must happen to a rock in order for it to become an igneous rock? a. heat and pressure c. a gemstone d. talcum powder b. melting and cooling c. erosion and weathering d. none of these
______15. Which scientific tool would be used to measure the MASS of an object? a. beaker b. triple beam balance c. petri dish d. meter stick
______16. Igneous rocks that cool below the ground are called a. intrusive b. extrusive c. pahoehoe d. aa
______17. What is this lab tool called?
a. graduated cylinder b. beaker c. flask d. funnel
______18. What is this lab tool called? a. beaker b. graduated cylinder c. petri dish d. triple beam balance
______19. What is the bubble line at the top of the liquid in a graduated cylinder called? a. bubble line b. minuscrist c. meniscus d. Frank
______20. How much liquid is in this graduated cylinder?
a. 6 ml b. 6.5 ml c. 6.7 ml d. 6.6 ml