Plate Boundaries
Effects
Causes
Proper Names
Potpourri
100
Convergent
What is where 2 plates come together
100
Earthquakes
What is happen at all plate boundaries, mostly transform
100
2 continental plates converge
What is tall mountains are formed (Himalayas)
100
Wegener
What is came up with the theory of continental drift
100
causes plate movement
What is convection currents
200
Divergent
What is where 2 plates move apart
200
Island Arcs
What is formed by 2 ocean plates converging
200
Convergent plate boundaries
What is old crust is destroyed
200
Pangaea
What is the name of the supercontinent from Earth's past.
200
fossil, climate and rock
What is the 3 types of evidence Wegener used
300
Transform
What is where 2 plates move past each other
300
Coastal mountains
What is caused by ocean-continental plate converging
300
New crust is created
What is at divergent boundaries
300
Himalayas
What is mountains formed at continental-continental boundaries.
300
The name of Wegener's theory
What is Continental Drift
400
Convergent continental-continental
What is where 2 land plates come together
400
Mid ocean ridge
What is caused by divergent ocean plates
400
Crust is not created or destroyed
What is at transform boundaries
400
sea-floor spreading
What is where new sea crust is formed at the mid-ocean ridge
400
South America and Africa
What is 2 continents that were side by side in Pangaea
500
Convergent continental-oceanic
What is where a land and ocean plate come together
500
New crust is formed
What is at divergent plates
500
Hot spots
What is forms island chains
500
Japan
What is an island arc formed at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary.
500
Fossils of tropical plants found in Greenland
What is evidence of continental drift
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