Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics Assignment

Master Plate Tectonics! Understand continental drift, boundaries, and formations with this science worksheet.

Here is a video review of Alfred Wegener. Evidence of Plate Tectonics Fill in the chart to determine which of the following were used as evidence to support Continental Drift Evidence Was is used to support continental drift? Write : Yes or No Weather patterns of hurricanes no Glacier evidence found in warm climates yes Continents look like they could fit together like a puzzle. yes Evidence of waves no Similar fossils found all over the world yes Rock layers line up across the world yes Tectonic Plate Boundaries Match the land formations and descriptions to the tectonic plate movement. Convergent Boundaries Subduction takes place Trenches form Volcanoes Mountain ranges (ex. Himalayas) Two continental plates move toward each other An oceanic plates slides under another plate Divergent Boundaries Plates move away from each other Mid-ocean ridges valleys magma rises between two plates Transform Boundaries earthquakes happen Plates slide past each other Fault lines San Andreas Fault Plate Boundaries Label each plate boundary convergent, divergent, and transform Divergent Convergent Transform Plate Tectonics Summary Video What sort of plate boundary is this? Subduction Divergent Convergent Transform What happened here? Convergent boundary formed a mountain range Divergent boundary formed a rift Transform boundary formed a fault Subduction formed a trench What do you predict will happen? There is a divergent boundary that will widen the Red Sea. There is a convergent boundary that will close the Gulf of Aden There is a transform boundary that will stretch the Red Sea. How did the Andes Mountains form? The Nazca Plate and the South American Plate Diverged. The Nazca Plate and the Pacific Plate slid past each other. The Pacific Plate and the Atlantic Plate Converged. The Nazca Plate and the South American Plate Converged. What is it called when one plate sinks under the other? Convection Subduction Sea Floor Spreading How were these folded mountains formed? Rock is compressed and lifted upward. Rock is stretched and broken Subduction of the lithosphere Convergent plate boundaries occur above hot spots Match the following terms to their correct definitions Continental Drift the theory that all continents were once one land mass that separated and drifted apart over time Pangea landmass that existed when all continents were joined Theory of Plate Tectonics Explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer call tectonic plates move and change shape Match the term to the correct definition Sea spreading the process of new oceanic crust forming as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies Mid-Ocean Ridge a place where seafloor spreading has occurred Ring of Fire consecutive volcanoes around the pacific plate