Plate Tectonics
James Cameron/ Deep Sea Cahallenger
Earth's Layers
Volcanoes
Explores/ Navigation
100
Which Plate boundary Moves in the direction of the arrows?
Transform Boundary
100
What did the trieste from 1960 use to float?
Gasoline
100
What layer consists of convection currents?
Mantle
100
Someone who studies Volcanoes is called what?
Volcologist
100
Who recorded the earliest sea voyage?
Egyptians
200
On which Plate Tectonic is the USA located?
North American Plate
200
What famos movie did James Cameron produce that took place on another planet?
Avatar
200
Which layer is fully liquid?
Outer Core
200
What is a precursor to a Volcanic eruption?
Inflation
200
Who sailed the first voyage from England?
Captain James Cook
300
Mountain ranges form from which Plate Boundary?
Convergant Boundary
300
How long did it take for the trieste to get back to the surface?
3 hours
300
What is the outer most layer of the Earth?
Oceanic crust
300
For how long has the Kilauea Volcano been active?
30 years
300
WHo invented the magnetic compass?
The chinese
400
Which crust begins to subside when they collide. The oceanic crust or the continental crust.
Oceanic crust
400
Who accompanied James Cameron on the ship to the Mariana's Trench that was actually there 52 years earlier?
Don Walsh
400
What causes Plate Tectonics to move?
Convection currents
400
How did the "Pacific RIm of Fire" get its name?
From underwater Volcanoes
400
How did Pytheas predict the tides?
Using phases of the moon
500
Who founded the theory of Plate Boundaries?
Alfred Wegner
500
During an underwater earthquake, a fault slips creating what natural disaster (3,000x the strength of the Hiroshima bomb)?
Tsunami
500
Which Layer has Mountain Ranges?
Continental crust
500
What plate boundary forms Volcanoes?
Convergant boundary
500
Who published the book called "The Physical Geography of the sea" in 1855.
Matthew Maury