Plate Tectonics
Plate Motions Over Time
Divergent Boundaries
Convergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
100

What is the theory that states that plates are in slow, constant motion?

What is Plate Tectonics

100

What do scientists use to measure plate motion precisely??????????

What are satellites????????

100

What does the prefix di- mean??

What is away??

100

what does the prefix con- mean?

together

100

what does the prefix trans- mean?

along

200

What explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth's plates??

What is the theory of Plate Tectonics??

200

Why have plates moved great distances????

what is because they have been moving for tens to hundreds of millions of years????????????

200

How do the plates at a divergent boundary move??

What is they move away from eachother??

300

What are the top parts of the large Convection Currents in Earth's Mantle??

What are plates??

300

what does plate movements produce on the Earth's surface?????

What are earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain ranges, and deep-ocean trenches??

300

What deep valley is formed where pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land??

What is a rift valley??

400

About what year did geologist combine what they knew about sea-floor spreading, Earth's plates, and plate Motions into the single theory called Plate Tectonics??

What is the mid-1960s??

400
What supercontinent was broken into pieces because of plate motion over time??

What is Pangea??

If correct +1 sabotage  

400

Where do most divergent boundaries occur??

What is along the mid-ocean ridges??

500

What are plates driven by in the theory of Plate Tectonics??

What are Convection Currents in the mantle??

500

How many centimeters do plates move in a year???

what is 1-12 centimeters per year???????

500

Where in the world is there a divergent boundary which has made a crack in the plates so big that people can walk through it??

What is Iceland??

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