Plate Tectonics
Converging is....
What is colliding?
This rock is formed through compaction and cementation.
What is a sedimentary rock?
This theory states that the oceanic floors continuously moves apart and forms new crust.
What is seafloor spreading?
The breaking down of big rocks into smaller sediments is known as...
What is weathering.
Folded mountains, Volcanoes, Volcanic arc islands
examples: Himalaya, Cascades in Oregon, Aleutian islands in Alaska
The interactions between this type of plate causes earthquakes.
What is transform boundary
This type of rock forms after magma cools.
What is an igneous rock?
This theory argues that continents were once a giant landmass and drifted apart over a long period of time.
The movement of sediments from one location to another is called.
What is erosion?
These types of plates and movement create Mid-ocean ridges.
What are diverging oceanic and oceanic plates?
When plates interact in this way, they form subduction zones.
What are convergent boudaries?
True or false: The Rock Cycle is a fixed process and cannot change.
What is FALSE!?
What theory did James Hutton propose and what is the name of that theory?
What is Uniformitarianism?
When rocks collide into each other and become smaller, this process is called.
This is an example of differential erosion in nature.
What are arches, hills, ridges, or mountains?
These plates move apart from each other.
What are divergent plates?
This crust is older and less dense.
What is continental crust?
What theory is Harry Hess known for and what does it state?
What is Sea-floor Spreading and it argues that magma is rising from the sea floor causing it to spread.
This process changes rock sediments into a solid rock through compaction and cementation.
What is lithification?
These types of plates and this type of movement forms rift valleys. (The African rift valley)
What are divergent continental and continental plates?
The "Plate Boundaries" song goes like...
Answers may vary: Your teacher will listen to your response(s).
These theories make up Plate Tectonics theory.
What are Sea-floor Spreading and Continental Drift.
This process results in amazing rock features such as arches, ridges, hills, or mountains.
What is differential erosion?
The San Andreas fault was formed by what types of plates and movements.
What are transforming oceanic and continental plates?