Plate Tectonics
Earth's Spheres
Heat = Energy
Earth's Layers
Potpourri
100
The first piece of evidence observed by Alfred Wegner of Pangea
The almost puzzle-like fit of South America and Africa
100
This sphere represents all living organisms
What is the biosphere
100
As particles vibrate faster the system they are in becomes...
Hotter
100
This layer contains Oceanic and Continental plates
What is the crust
100
What happens to an oceanic plate when it collides with a continental plate at a convergent boundary?
Oceanic plate subducts
200
What geographic feature will I see with two convergent continental plates?
What are mountains
200
This sphere represents all of the world's Icebergs
What is the hydrosphere
200
Heat transfer through the electromagnetic spectrum
What is Radiation
200
This layer contains the crust as well as the upper part of the mantle
What is the Lithosphere
200
Feature that all plate boundaries have in common
What are Earthquakes
300
The feature that happens when an Oceanic and Continental plates collide?
What is a volcano
300
This sphere represents all of the Earth's volcanos
What is the geosphere
300
Heat transfer through fluid waves
What is Convection
300
This layer thought to be liquid and is where the Earth's magnetic field is created.
What is the outer core.
300
Which letter is oldest?
B
400
Difference between plate tectonics and continental drift
Continental drift explains that continents have shifted from where they are and continue to shift
Plate tectonics explains the mechanism and includes the presence of an asthenosphere
400
This sphere represents all of the Earth's gasses
What is the atmosphere
400
Heat transfer by direct contact
what is conduction
400
This layer is where large convection currents happen causing movement of our plates
What is the mantle
400
Which letter is the yougnest?
M
500
Other than fitting together, what are the 3 main pieces of evidence supporting Pangea?
Folded Rock Belts
Glacial Deposits
Fossils
500
A volcano going off represents which 2 spheres interacting with each other?
The geosphere and the Atmosphere
500
A hot air balloon is an example of this type of heat transfer.
What is convection
500
This layer is thought to be a plastic like layer that allows for the movement of the plates above it.
What is the asthenosphere
500
What causes the Aurora Borealis (Northern/Southern) lights
The interaction between the Earth's Magnetic Field and Solar Storms/Flares/Winds.