HUMAN IMPACT ON OCEAN
TEST QUESTIONS
HUMAN IMPACT ON WATERSHED
PLATE TECTONICS
ALFRED WAGENER
100

RECYCLE, LIMIT WATER USE, LIMIT HARSH CHEMICALS RUNNING DOWN THE DRAIN

WHAT ARE WAYS TO PROTECT OUR OCEANS

100

When denser oceanic crust was forced under less dense continental crust, causing the continental crust to heat up, melt, and flow upward to relieve pressure this cause  a 

what is volcanic eruption

100
PLACE WHERE RUN OFF COLLECTS TO PREVENT FLOODING

WHAT IS WATERSHED

100

PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT COME TOGETHER

WHAT IS CONVERGENT

100

SCIENTIST WHO CAME UP WITH IDEA ON PANGAEA, AND THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL PLATES

WHO WAS ALFRED WEGENER

200

PURPOSELY SINKING A CAR OR SHIP FOR ORGANISMS TO USE AS HABITAT

WHAT IS AN ARTIFICIAL REEF

200

trenches and volcanoes are caused by same type of plate boundaries moving together

what are convergent plates

200

CLEAR CREEK IS FRIENDSWOOD'S WHAT 

WATERSHED

200

PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT SEPARATE

WHAT IS DIVERGENT

200

A LARGE LAND MASS BEFORE THE PLATES SHIFTED

WHAT IS PANGAEA

300

THIS INCREASES SEDIMENT RUN OFF AND CAN CLOG THE GILLS OF FISH

WHAT IS MINING FOR COAL

300

The earth's diameter is unchanged even though new sea floor is made because

what is crust is being melted back down

300

THIS CAUSES ALGEA BLOOMS AND DEPLETES NUTRIENTS FOR FISH 

WHAT ARE FERTILIZERS FROM FARMS
300

PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER

WHAT ARE TRANSFORM PLATES
300

THE CONTINENTS FIT LIKE 

WHAT IS PUZZLES

400

FISHERMAN CATCH TOO MANY FISH AND LIMIT THE POPULATION

WHAT IS OVER HARVESTING

400

When these fertilizers are released from the soil, they enter local ponds, where they deposit an unusually high amount of organic matter.

what is decrease in light received by organisms that live below the water's surface

400
THIS IS AN UNDERGROUND PERMEABLE ROCK LAYER THAT IS AN IMPORTANT WATER RESEVIOR

WHAT IS AN AQUIFER?

400

THIS TYPE OF PLATE CREATES NEW CRUST

WHAT IS DIVERGENT PLATES

400

_____________ EVIDENCE SHOWED THAT DIFFERENCE SPECIES LIVED IN PLACES THAT LONG AGO THAT NOW WON'T SUPPORT LIFE

WHAT IS FOSSIL EVIDENCE

500

WHAT IMPORTANT GAS IS PRODUCED BY MARINE ORGANISMS

WHAT IS OXYGEN

500

forms an ocean basin

what is 2 crustal plates moving apart

500

ALL THE WATER ON EARTH

WHAT IS A HYDROSPHERE

500

THIS TYPE OF PLATE CAUSES EARTHQUAKES

WHAT IS TRANSFORM PLATES

500

THE IDEA THAT TECTONIC PLATES HAVE BEEN MOVING INCHES PER YEAR DRIVEN BY CONVECTION IN THE MANTLE

WHAT IS CONTINENTAL DRIFT

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