{"id":501,"date":"2026-05-12T20:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/?p=501"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:12:16","slug":"year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 10 Science \u2014 Continental Drift &amp; Plate Tectonics Revision Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher Marking Sheet \/ Answers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#1\" >1.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#2\" >2.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#3\" >3.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#4\" >4.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#5\" >5.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#6\" >6.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#7\" >7.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#8\" >8.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#9\" >9.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#10\" >10.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#11\" >11.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#12\" >12.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#13\" >13.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#14\" >14.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#15\" >15.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#16\" >16.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#17\" >17.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#18\" >18.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#19\" >19.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/year-10-science-continental-drift-plate-tectonics-revision-answers\/#20\" >20.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1\"><\/span>1.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A supercontinent where all Earth\u2019s continents were once joined together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2\"><\/span>2.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfred Wegener<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3\"><\/span>3.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea that continents slowly move over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4\"><\/span>4.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any two:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>matching coastlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fossil evidence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>rock\/mountain evidence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>climate\/glacial evidence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5\"><\/span>5.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>He could not explain how continents moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6\"><\/span>6.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Plate tectonics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7\"><\/span>7.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Large pieces of Earth\u2019s crust\/lithosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8\"><\/span>8.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mantle convection \/ convection currents in the mantle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9\"><\/span>9.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>crust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mantle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>core<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10\"><\/span>10.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mantle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11\"><\/span>11.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Movement of hot material in the mantle caused by heat inside Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12\"><\/span>12.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Divergent boundary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13\"><\/span>13.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Convergent boundary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14\"><\/span>14.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Transform boundary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15\"><\/span>15.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One tectonic plate being forced beneath another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"16\"><\/span>16.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any two:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>earthquakes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>volcanoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>tsunamis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"17\"><\/span>17.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Magma is underground; lava is on Earth\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"18\"><\/span>18.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Formation of new ocean crust at mid-ocean ridges as plates move apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"19\"><\/span>19.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus = underground starting point<br>Epicentre = point on Earth\u2019s surface directly above the focus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20\"><\/span>20.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurasia and Gondwana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Self-Assessment Guide<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Score<\/th><th>Understanding<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>18\u201320<\/td><td>Excellent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15\u201317<\/td><td>Strong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\u201314<\/td><td>Developing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>0\u201310<\/td><td>More revision needed<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teacher Marking Sheet \/ Answers 1. A supercontinent where all Earth\u2019s continents were once joined together. 2. Alfred Wegener 3. The idea that continents slowly move over time. 4. Any two: 5. He could not explain how continents moved. 6. Plate tectonics. 7. Large pieces of Earth\u2019s crust\/lithosphere. 8. 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