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Which evidence for continental drift is based on the apparent puzzle piece fit of continental coastlines?

Fit of the continents

The word plastic is defined as __________.

Easily shaped or moulded

The movement of tectonic plates is driven by currents in which Earth layer?

Mantle

According to the theory, continents drifted from Pangaea to their present positions over __________ of years.

Millions

Which category of evidence for continental drift involves matching geological formations on separate continents?

Rock formations evidence

How many main types of plate boundaries are there?

Three

Name a fossil that provided evidence for continental drift.

Mesosaurus; Glossopteris; Cynognathus; Lystrosaurus

The softer, plastic layer beneath the lithosphere on which plates float is the __________.

Asthenosphere

At transform boundaries, tectonic plates slide __________ one another horizontally.

Past

At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates move __________ each other.

Away from

The rigid outer layer composed of crust and upper mantle is called the __________.

Lithosphere

Transform boundaries are also known as __________ boundaries.

Conservative

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed before the continents drifted apart?

Pangaea

What nationality was Alfred Wegener?

German

At convergent boundaries, tectonic plates move __________ each other.

Towards

These mantle currents are called __________ currents.

Convection

What type of plate boundary is this?

Transform

What type of plate boundary is this?

How was Wegener's theory of continental drift initially was met by the scientific community.

With scepticism

In what year did Alfred Wegener first publish his theory of continental drift?

1912

The place where tectonic plates interact is called a __________.

Plate boundary

Which two continents fit together like puzzle pieces, supporting continental drift?

South America and Africa

List the three main types of plate boundaries.

Divergent; Convergent; Transform

Which category of evidence for continental drift uses glacial deposits found in now tropical locations?

Palaeoclimatic evidence

What type of plate boundary is this?

Divergent

Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

Alfred Wegener

Convergent boundaries are also known as __________ boundaries.

Destructive

Convection currents form because hot material rises and cool material sinks due to differences in what two properties?

Temperature; Density

What type of plate boundary is this?

Convergent

Divergent boundaries are also known as __________ boundaries.

Constructive