Plate Tectonics
This is another name for crust.
What is Lithosphere?
This type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other.
What is a convergent boundary?
The ocean is divided into distinct regions that contain distinctive plant and animal life. These regions are called _______.
What are Ocean zones?
These are any large system of rotating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements.
What are gyres?
This is a property of the water molecule that there are two charges in one molecule due to an unequal sharing of electrons.
What is being polar? (or polarity)
This type of crust is more dense and likely to subduct than any other type of crust.
Plate area is added (constructive) with the movement between two plates in this kind of plate boundary.
The global conveyor belt of ocean water that contains deep ocean currents is known as this.
What is thermohaline circulation?
These bonds form between water molecules.
What are hydrogen bonds?
Tectonic plates move around the globe and uneven rates due to this process.
What is convection cycles in the mantle?
San Andeas fault is a famous example of this type of plate boundary, which often has many earthquakes but few volcanoes or island formations.
What is a transform boundary?
These are the two divisions of Oceanic Zones based on light level.
The coldest, most dense water in the ocean can be found where?
What is the deepest part of the ocean?
This type of crust is high in Silica and is where you can find the oldest lithospheric material on our planet.
What is the continental crust?
Mountain formation occurs when these type of plates interact in this kind of plate boundary.
(Be sure to provide both plate type & boundary)
What is continental-continental convergent boundary?
Which of the following is included in the Benthic Realm? A) The beach B) All of the ocean floor C) The Marine Life D) The darkest part of the ocean
What is B) All of the Ocean Floor?
Earth's First Atmosphere had these two gases.
What is Hydrogen and Helium.
This is what is strange about water and its density.
Its solid form is less dense than its liquid form.
When one plate is subducting below another one, four major features/events can be observed. Name two.
Trench formation, island formation, volcano formation and earthquakes. (Only two required for earning points)
Mid-oceanic ridges create larger ocean basins due to this type of boundary between these types of crust.
What is oceanic-oceanic divergent boundary?
This process brings more dense, nutrient rich water to the surface.
What is an upwelling?
This is what happened when Oxygen was first introduced to Earth's Atmosphere.
What is a lot of organisms died and the Earth cooled to the point of having a glaciation period.
Describe a hydrogen bond.
What is a bond that occurs between two water molecules, at the positive Hydrogen of one water molecule and the negative Oxygen of the other water molecule.