Assignment: Tectonics
Name:
Complete some additional research and answer the following questions. The following link is a good
resource, but you are encouraged to find your own.
1. Provide three pieces of evidence for continental drift.
2. Who was Alfred Wegener and what did he theorize about?
3. Name 4 specific natural disasters caused by plate tectonics, and what group of people do these
disasters affect most?
4. What determines how fast plates move?
5. What are some of the physical features associated with each of the different types of plate
boundaries?
6. What sorts of boundaries exist in the United States?
7. What is the theory of Pangaea?
8. With respect to plate boundaries is your home located in the middle of, or near the boundary of
a plate?
9. What does this mean for you tectonically?