If you could visit Pangaea, what animals would you most likely find there?

Penguins
Dinosaurs
Eagles
Mammals

In the phrase, "The earth's mantle is composed of molten rock," what does "molten" mean?

Orange
Icy
Solid
Melted

If the earth were an apple, which part would be the crust?

The core
The seeds
The skin
The stem

What has to happen before rock from the earth's mantle becomes a new piece of crust?

It has to cool
It has to heat up
It has to drift
It has to explode

Which term best describes the movement of continents?

Rapid
Gradual
Nonexistent
Fleeting

At convergent boundaries, one plate is sometimes subducted below another. What is the best definition of "subduction?"

Moving from side to side
Pulling apart
Pushing upward
Sliding under

What can you infer from the fact that fossils of tropical animals have been found in Antarctica?

The tropics were once located at the earth's southernmost point
The Antarctic plate must have once been closer to the equator
The volcanoes that once warmed Antarctica are now dormant
Antarctica does not lie on top of a tectonic plate

Where would you be most likely to find a boundary between a continental and an oceanic plate?

In the center of the Pacific ocean
In the center of North America
Off the West Coast of North America
At the boundary between Canada and the United States

What geological feature would you most likely find at a convergent boundary?

Mountains
Islands
Deserts
Rivers

How is a transform boundary different from a convergent boundary?

Plates move apart at transform boundaries, and toward each other at transverse boundaries

Plates move underneath one another at transform boundaries, and over one another at convergent boundaries

Plates move toward each other at convergent boundaries, and side-to-side at transform boundaries

Continental drift does not occur along convergent boundaries; it does occur at transform boundaries