What currents are responsible for the movement of the earth's plates?
Ocean currents
Thermal convection currents
At a mid-ocean ridge, where is the rock oldest?
Further away from the plate boundary
Closer to the plate boundary
When did Pangaea begin to break apart?
100 million years ago
200 million years ago
300 million years ago
The remains of which dinosaur helped to proof the theory of continental drift
Stegosaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Mesosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Crust is destroyed at
Destructive/convergent plate boundaries
Passive/conservative plate boundaries
Constructive/divergent plate boundaries
Crust is created at
The Mariana Trench was created by
A destructive/convergent boundary
A passive/conservative plate boundary
A constructive/divergent plate boundary
The San Andreas fault line was created by
A destructive/convergent plate boundary
The Himilayas and the Alps were created by
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge was created by
Japan is an island arc created by
Destructive plate boundaires give rise to
Volcanic mountains
Deep earthquakes
Trenches
Island arcs
Mid-ocean ridges
New ocean floor
Fold mountains
Shallow earthquakes
Volcanic islands
Transform faults
Passive plate boundaries give rise to
Island arc
Constructive plate boundaries
Mid-ocean ridge