Plate Boundaries
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Continental Drift
Miscellaneous
100
Convergent Boundary
What type of boundary creates a collision between two plates?
100
Lava
When magma reaches the surface it is called _____?
100
Alfred Wegener
Who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift?
100
Mountains
Continental to continental crust collisions of equal density produces ____.
200
Divergent Boundary
What type of boundary has two plates that are moving apart from each other?
200
Epicenter
What is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus?
200
Mauna Loa
What is the name of the worlds largest SHIELD volcano?
200
Wegener could not satisfactorily explain what was causing the continents to move.
Why was the Theory of Continental Drift not widely accepted?
300
Transform Boundary
What type of boundary has two plates that horizontally pass each other?
300
S Waves (Surface Waves)
What type of wave does the most damage to structures/buildings?
300
Divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, and hot spots.
What are the 3 general locations at which volcanoes can form?
300
It stated that the earth's continents had once been joined as a single landmass.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
400
Divergent Boundary
What is another name for a "constructive" boundary?
400
Movement of rock along a fault
What causes earthquake eruptions?
400
Volcanologist
A scientist who specializes in the study of volcanoes is a _____.
500
Volcanic Mountains
What is a feature that can be found at divergent boundaries?
500
The Himalayas
Which mountain range began forming when the Eurasian plate collided with the Indo-Austrian plate in Southeast Asia?
500
Cinder Cone
What is the Paracutin Volcano an example of? (Type of volcano)
500
Glossopteris
What is the extinct plant fossil which can be found on 4 different continents and is used as evidence to support the Theory of Continental Drift?
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