Plate Types
This type of plate boundary occurs when 2 plates slide past one another
What is transform?
The father of continental drift theory
Who is Alfred Wegener?
This is the largest mountains on Earth formed along the convergent boundary between India and Asia
What are the Himalayas
These remains of ancient plant and animals appear to match up on continents seperated by oceans
What are fossils
Travis or Taylor
Taylor
This type of plate boundary occurs when 2 plates crash into one another
What is convergent?
This is the name of the large landmass when all the continents were once held together
What is Pangea
The deepest part of the ocean is often found along convergent boundaries
Oklahoma State or Coach Prime?
Oklahoma State
SagU or Chap
SagU
This type of plate boundary occurs when 2 plates move away from one another
What is divergent?
One key piece of evidence to support continental drift theory is that the continents appear to fit together like this problem solving game
What is a puzzle
Hawaii is located in the middle of the Pacific Plate and is known as one of these highly volcanic areas
What is a hot spot?
This the oldest mountain chain in the Eastern United States appears to match the mountain chains in Europe
What are the Applachian Mountains
Beach or Mountain
Beach
This type of zone found in convergent plate boundaries happen when one plate slides under another often producing very large earthquakes
What is subduction?
This US Navy Admiral who died in the 1960s discovered seafloor spreading
Rift valleys are often found along these type of plate boundaries
What is divergent?
These deposits that used to heat homes and is considered a fossil fuel appear to match up on multiple continents
What are coal deposits
OSU or ASU
OSU
This large faultline is located on the transform boundary between the Pacific Plate in California and North American plate
This has been proven many times over in science but can change if new evidence is presented?
This vast circle of multiple plate boundaries is home to over 80% of the Earth's volcanoes and earthquakes
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?
You can find ancient tropical fossils on this polar continent indicating that the contients have moved
Candy Canes or Hershey's Kisses
Hershey's Kisses