Plate Basics
The Apparent Fit of The Continents
Earth's Layers
Boundaries Boundaries Boundaries
Modge Podge
100
These large pieces of Earth's crust that move around are called?
Tectonic Plates
100
What are the two continents that Wegner thought fit together like a puzzle?
What are Africa and South America.
100
Continental Crust
100
When two plates move apart, this type of plate boundary is formed.
What is a divergent boundary?
100
What is the name of the town Stranger Things is set in?
What is Hawkins, Indiana!
200
This German scientist proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
200
True or false: Wegner was the first person to notice that the two countries look like they fit together.
True
200
Transform Boundry
200
When two plates collide, this type of plate boundary is formed.
What is a convergent boundary?
200
This famous fault in California is an example of a transform boundary.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
300
This internal layer of the Earth that plates move on is hot and partially molten.
What is the Lithosphere?
300
The matching coastlines of South America and Africa provided evidence for this theory.
What is Continental Drift?
300
What causes the movement of the plates?
What are convection currents in the mantle!
300
This force is thought to be the main driver of plate tectonics.
What is convection or convection currents?
300
What is the largest desert on Earth?
Antarctica! Because it receives less than 6 inches of rain per year, Antarctica counts as a desert. The Sahara Desert is the second largest.
400
The name of the super continent and how long ago it existed.
What is Pangea? What is 300-200 million years ago?
400
What was the name of the continent where Wegner found fossils that would not be able to survive on that land today?
Antarctica
400
This innermost layer of Earth mostly made of?
What is iron and nickel?
400
What type of boundary is most likely to cause earthquakes?
What is a transform boundary.
400
What is Ms. Blake's middle name?
What is Lynn?
500
What was Wegner's theory?
What is: The continents were once connected and then somehow were ripped apart.
500
What is one other type of evidence that Wegner used to support his theory besides land pieces fitting together?
What are fossils, landmarks, and plant life!
500
What type of boundary pulled this land apart?
What is Divergent Boundary
500
What types of crust, when pushed together, are most likely to cause mountain formation?
What is continental converging!
500
This type of fruit is considered slightly radioactive
Bananas! Because they contain potassium and potassium decays, they are considered slightly radioactive!