Earth's Tectonic Forces and Continental Drift Quiz

Earth’s tectonic plates result in many geologic features through processes such as subduction, seafloor spreading, and the formation of mountain ranges and volcanoes.

The evidence supporting Alfred Wegener's continental drift hypothesis includes the fit of the continents like puzzle pieces, matching geological features across continents, and the distribution of fossils and ancient climates.

The three types of plate boundaries are divergent boundaries, where plates move apart; convergent boundaries, where plates move towards each other; and transform boundaries, where plates slide past each other horizontally.

<p>Alfred Wegener's idea was known as continental drift, and it proposed that Earth’s continents had once been joined together as a single supercontinent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plate tectonics is the first theory to provide a comprehensive view of the processes that produced Earth’s major surface features, including the continents and ocean basins.</p> Signup and view all the answers