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Name________________________________________ Per ___________ List of terms: Alfred Wegener, Eurasian Plate, Pangea Ultima, Vaalbara 1. ________________ ___________________ is the mightiest force on Earth. 2. How do some scientists explain how water came to exist on planet earth? _______________________. 3. The first true continents were formed from rocks made of _____________________________. 4. Uranium decays into _________________________. 5. What is a Craton?______________________________________________________________ 6. Granite is less___________________ than other rock in the Cratons. 7. Lava laid down in water forms ________________ ____________. 8. What do the continental plates sit and move on? _________________________________ 9. Molten rock is called _____________________________. 10. How far do the continental plates move each year? ______________________ 11. In 1912, a German scientist, _________________________ proposed a radical new theory of plate tectonics. 12. Plate tectonics is driven by ________________________. 13. The continents are spreading apart as the __________ ______________________ ________________ forms new crust. 14. Cratons combine with other cratons to form a super continent named _________________________. 15. There are over a _______________ continental plates. 16. The theory of continental drift says that continents are continuously_______________________________ and then _____________________________. 17. 1.1 billion years ago the supercontinent __________________________________ formed. 18. What is the name of the last and most recent supercontinent? ______________________________ 19. 350 million years ago there are ________________________________,each living in distinct regions. 20. The land where New York new sit was nestled next to________________________________. 21. Pangea caused the climate to get harsh and led to the _________________________ extinction. 22. 250 million years ago Pangea ________________________________. 23. Australia breaks off and heads ___________________________. 24. When Continental plates collide creating ______________ _________________ that create mountains. 25. The ________________ ____________________ are formed when the Iberian Plate is shoved Upward as Africa and Eurasia collide. 26. The Asian Plate Moves North at _____________ inches per year. 27. The top layer of the Grand Canyon created from___________________________________. 28. The Pacific plate dips below the _______________________ plate creating islands. 29. The formation of the isthmus of Panama stopped the flow of water from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean disrupting______________________________. 30. Plate movement create stress points that cause ______________ _______________ and _____________. 31. The Indonesian tsunami was caused by an ______________________________. 32. Disasters occur at _____________________________. 33. A new mountain range will from where Italy and Greece now are named the ____________________________ 34. The Atlantic ocean will continue to __________________________________. 35. The subduction zone will drag Europe and Africa toward _____________________________. 36. 250 million years from now the will be _________________________________________. 37. New York will be the site of a continental __________________________________. 38. The Future Land mass will be called __________________________ _________________________. 39. Plate tectonics will continue however ________________________ might not be here to witness it. 40. List three important things you learned in the last bit of the video clip ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________