Plate Tectonics Questions

1. What evidence do scientists have that large plates of land are moving?
a. Some sort of eruption that happened long ago brought the plates apart
and they are still moving today.
b. A scientist figured out that the continents fit together almost like a jigsaw
puzzle. So, the continents must have drifted apart. This is called
continental drift. So, plates are moving, but very slowly.
c. Evidence that scientists have that large plates of land are moving are
mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, and satellite images.
2. What are some names of the major plates of land?
a. North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and
Antarctica.
b. North American Plate, South American Plate, African Plate, Eurasian
Plate, Arabian Plate, and Indian-Australian Plate, and Antarctic Plate.
3. What are some ways that tectonic plates can interact with each other?
a. When they rub against each other and create an earthquake.
b. When one plate slides under another plate, creating a volcano eruption.
c. 1. When the move apart from each other. 2. They collide. 3. They slide
past each other. 4. They subduct (One goes underneath another).
4. How can landforms provide evidence for scientists to determine plate
boundaries?
a. I have no idea
b. When there are many earthquakes and volcano eruptions in the area.
c. Mountain, Volcanoes, and Valleys can be markers where we find fault
lines.
5. How does the theory of plate tectonics relate to mountains and volcanoes?
a. It relates to mountains and volcanos because some big earthquakes can
cause volcano eruptions and mountain avalanches.
b. It relates to mountains and volcanos because one plate sliding beneath
another creates mountains. This is how mountains form. Some of these
mountains have lava inside them, which makes them a volcano.