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This theory is said to mark the beginning of the universe?
Big Bang Theory
What are the three main types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, divergent, and transform
Which of Earth’s motions is the turning and spinning on its axis and causes night and day?
Rotation
What causes the Earth to have seasons?
Axis Tilt
Which plate Boundary is when two plates collide, destroying crust?
Convergent
Who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegner
Which type of tide is when there is a straight alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth?
Spring tide
Fission is to splitting as Fusion is to what?
Combining
What plate boundary is when two plates grind past one another?
Transform Fault
What plate boundary can cause trenches, mountains and volcanic island arcs?
Convergent
How can plate tectonics change Earth’s surface over time?
They form mountains, volcanoes, trenches, and continents.
What plate boundary does not create crust nor does it destroy it?
Transform Fault
What does the core produce that protects the Earth from the sun?
The magnetic field
What two elements are used to produce the sun’s energy through fusion?
Hydrogen and Helium
Which rock is formed when existing rock has heat and pressure applied to it?
Metamorphic
What landforms are created by convergent boundaries?
Mountains, volcanoes, and trenches.
What plate boundary is when two plates move apart?
Divergent
Which plate boundary provides the mechanism for rocks to melt?
Convergent
The slight movement of the direction Earth’s axis points is known as what?
Precession
True or False Continental crust is denser than oceanic crust.
False
Which of Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion says that the closer you are to the sun the fast your orbital speed is?
3rd Law
Which evidence of plate tectonics is the most persuasive?
Palomagnetism
60% of all galaxies are of what type?
Elliptical
Which plate boundary creates new crust and causes seafloor spreading?
Divergent
Why is the Pacific Ring of Fire important?
It has many earthquakes and volcanoes caused by plate movement.