Seasons
Plate Tectonics
Plate Movement 2.0
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100

The amount of heat the Northern and Southern Hemisphere received is dependent on this.

What is the Earth's tilt?

100

These types of plates move toward each other.

What is convergent?

100

The San Andreas Fault is an example of this type of boundary.

What is transform?

100

This takes 24 hours to complete.

What is a rotation?

100

The time it takes the Earth to completely travel around the sun.

What is 365 1/4 days? 

200

The hemisphere that receives the most direct rays of the sun experiences this season.

What is summer?

200

This plate boundary most likely causes earthquakes.

What is transform?

200

Japan is an example of this plate boundary.

What is convergent oceanic/oceanic?

200

The thick layer around the Earth's core is called this.

What is the mantle?

200

As the Earth rotates, the side facing the sun experiences this.

What is day?

300

The season between summer and winter.

What is fall (autumn)?

300

Plates that move away from each other are called this.

What is divergent?

300

The Mid Atlantic Ridge occurs at this plate boundary.

What is divergent oceanic?

300

A process that breaks down rock into small pieces.

What is weathering?

300

The orbit of the Earth around the Sun is called this.

What is revolution?

400

The hemisphere that receives the least direct amount of sunlight experiences what season?

What is winter?

400

A rift is an example of this plate boundary.

What is divergent continental?

400

The Cascade Mountains exemplify this plate movement.

What is convergent oceanic/continental?

400

The thin rocky layer that is the Earth's surface.

What is the crust?

400

The removal of small pieces of rock by wind, water, or ice.

What is erosion?

500

The season in the Northern hemisphere when the Southern hemisphere experiences fall.

What is spring?

500

This plate boundary causes folded mountains.

What is convergent continental?

500

The Himalayas are an example of this type of boundary. 

What is convergent continental?

500

The imaginary line that runs through the North and South poles. Earth turns around this.

What is the axis?

500

The one fourth day it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun is reflected on the calendar on this date.

What is February 29?

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