Plate Tectonics
Where two plate interact
What is plate boundaries
The process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges as tectonic plates move apart
What is seafloor spreading
What are the names of the 5 oceans?
1.Pacific
2.Atlantic
3.Indian
4.Arctic
5.Southern/ Antarctic Ocean
A large landmass that connected all continents as one
What is Pangea
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What are the 3 type of plate boundaries?
What is convergent, divergent, and transform
The name of the place where seafloor spreading happens
What is Mid Atlantic Ridge
Where is the Java trench located?
What is Indian Ocean
On continent, What gets created when plates pull apart?
What is rift valley
How can scientists use the data to calculate the depth of water?
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What is the speed of sound waves water, they can calculate the data to find the depth of water
Draw an example of a divergent boundary
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This is the method using sound waves to measure depth in the ocean
What is Sonar
True / False Ocean covers 88% of the Earth
False, 71%
Where do most of the earthquakes occur?
What is Pacific Ring of Fire
The land of fire and ice is located where
What is Iceland
This is where a continental plate converges with an oceanic plate, and the oceanic plate goes under the continental plate
What is the subduction zone
What is large flat area in deep ocean?
What is abyssal plains
What is the deepest part of ocean and where is it located?
Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean
Continental margin made up
What is continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise
Who proposed they theory of “Continental Drift”
Who is Alfred Wegener
This is a steep slope between the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor
What is continental slope.
What is the 2 biggest reservoir of water on earth is?
Ocean & Ice
As the Earth's tectonic plates move over these mantle plumes, the plumes create a series of volcanoes that become older and further away
What is Hot-spot volcanism
Who proposed the theory of “seafloor spreading” ?
Who is Henry Hess