Earth's Plates
How could a island suddenly pop up in the middle of the ocean?
Volcanic Eruptions caused mountain build up
How many continents are there?
7
A _________ plate boundary happens when two plates slide past each other.
Transform
What is a ceramic glaze originated in china that is greenish in color.
Celadon
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
Which two continents do scientist suggest fit together like a puzzle?
Africa and South America
Movement caused by warmer fluid rising and cooler fluid sinking is called?
convection current
A____________ plate happens when two plates slowly crash into each other.
convergent
Seasonal winds that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year
Monsoon
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
Name two pieces of the continental drift.
Fossil evidence and rock evidence
What layer do we walk on everyday?
the crust
A ________ plate boundary happens when two plates slide apart.
Divergent
Define descendant
A person related by birth to another, such as a child child or grandchild
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
Name two types of natural disasters that often occur at plate boundaries?
Earthquake and volcanic eruption
what is the hottest layer of Earth?
inner core
Define Hangul
The alphabetic strip in which Korean is written
Define: conglomeration
grouping of different types
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
What are tectonic plates?
Huge pieces of the Earth's surface that move slowly.
What are the 3 main layers of earth?
Crust, mantle and core
Define stupa
Buddhist commemorative burial ground
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till