Theory of Continental Drift
A piece of evidence for Continental Drift involving the shape of the modern continents.
What is the modern continents are shaped like puzzle pieces?
A plate boundary where the plates collide
What is a convergent boundary?
The circle of volcanoes in the Western Hemisphere
What is The Ring of Fire?
A piece of evidence for Continental Drift that involves a major landform
What are mountain ranges in North American and Europe have the same geologic formations (or "rock history")
A plate boundary where two plates scrape against each other.
What is a transform boundary?
The ocean surrounded by a circle of active volcanoes and earthquake activity.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
A piece of evidence for Continental Drift that has to do with dead animals.
What are fossil records that are the same across continents that don't touch today?
A plate boundary where the plates are moving away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary?
The theory supported by the creation of the Hawaiian Islands.
What is the Theory of Continental Drift?
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What is Plate Tectonics?
The Theory of Continental Drift. For all 400 points, name the scientist who originally publicized the idea.
What is the idea that the modern continents were once one large continent called Pangea. Over time, the continents drifted apart from each other, creating the structure we have on Earth today. Alfred Wegener was the scientist who first publicized this idea.
A plate boundary where one plate moves under another one. Bonus 100 points if you can name the types of plates correctly.
What is a subduction boundary?
An oceanic plate moves under and continental plate.
A place in a plate where magma creates new volcanoes without a plate boundary.
What is a hot spot?
The 4 mountain ranges mentioned in class whose geologic record supports the Theory of Continental Drift.
What are:
1) The Appalachians
2) The Scottish Highlands
3) The British Isles
4) The Caledonians
The process that drives the drifting of the continents from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
What is seafloor spreading?
The seven countries that experienced major earthquakes or volcanic eruptions in Ms. Hayden's slide show presentation.
What are:
1) Indonesia
2) Japan
3) The United States
4) Haiti
5) Chile
6) New Zealand
7) Iceland