Atlantic Ocean
Is the Atlantic ocean the second youngest or second oldest of the oceans?
The second youngest!
What does a rift mean?
Plates being pulled apart
What do convergent plates do?
They come together.
What do transform boundaries do?
They slide by the other plate.
What is the Atlantic Ocean second to in size?
The Pacific Ocean
What are the most common marine animals found in the Atlantic Ocean?
The green sea turtle & the humpback whale!
What is a ridge?
The center area that has been uplifted from magma.
What can convergent boundaries create?
Trenches, mountains, volcanoes --> islands, & hot spots.
What do transform boundaries cause?
Earthquakes, displacement of rocks, & a broad zone of crustal deformation.
What percentage of the Earth does the Atlantic Ocean cover.
20% of the Earth!
How old is the Atlantic Ocean's basin?
180 million years old!
What natural disasters can be created by divergent boundaries?
Earthquakes
What is a famous convergent boundary cause in the Atlantic Ocean?
Where are the modern volcanic arches developing?
Where Juan de Fuca plate subducts beneath the North American plate.
What does the Atlantic Ocean's name mean?
Sea of Atlantis, from Greek Mythology.