What is the inner core of the Earth made from?
Solid copper
Solid iron and nickel
Solid rock
What is the outer core of the Earth made from?
Liquid iron and nickel
Solid iron
Liquid magma
What name is given to the crust and the solid outer part of the mantle?
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Fritz Haber
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Nobel
What name is given to the huge sections of the crust that float on the mantle?
Continents
Crust plates
Tectonic plates
What makes these sections of crust move?
Ocean currents
Convection currents in the mantle
Weather systems
What type of rock is formed from molten rock?
Igneous rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
What type of plate boundary is shown by the following diagram?
Conservative plate boundary
Destructive plate boundary
Constructive plate boundary
Which one of the following pieces of evidence was used to support the continental drift theory?
Similar rocks found on different continents
Volcanic eruptions
Which is a natural occurrence that happens due to the movement of plates?
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Earthquakes