MIDTERM TEST - Earth Systems Science Questions and Answers | 100% Correct Answer | Grade A+

What are the layers of the Earth? Ans: Crust, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core What are three plate boundaries? Explain/Give Example Ans: Divergent - Push Away/Mid-Atlantic Ridge Convergent - Pull Together/Himalayan Mountains Transform - Slide Past/San Andreas Fault Who created the continental drift theory? Ans: Alfred Wegener in 1915 How long ago was Pangea present? Ans: 225 Million Years ago What animal fossil was used to support continental drift? Ans: Mesosaurus What plant fossil was used to support continental drift? Ans: Glosstoperis What 2 rocks were used to support continental drift? Ans: Coal and Tillite What is the theory of plate tectonics? Ans: Continents are on lithospheric plates, and these plates are on asthenospheric plates that drag them along. Ocean Basins and continents are on tectonic plates. What causes plates to move? Ans: Mantle Convection Curren