Types of Plate Boudaries
Two types of earth's crust.
Oceanic and continental
True or false. Antarctica has its own tectonic plate.
true
When oceanic crust subducts under continental crust, the crust melts to magma. This magma rises to surface in some areas and creates these.
Volcanoes
The capitol of Wisconsin.
Madison
What type of plate boundary crashes into each other
Convergent
Transform boundaries cause these. California experiences many of them.
Earthquakes
This uses sound waves to measure water depth.
Sonar
The process where new ocean floor is formed.
Sea-floor spreading
During World War II, British intelligence spread the rumor that the Royal Air Force pilots enjoyed superior night vision because they ate large amounts of this.
Carrots
What Plate boundaries rub together or move side by side.
Transform
When oceanic crust hits continental crust it goes beneath it. This process is called what?
Subduction
The mountain range that formed in Asia from two continental plates colliding with each other.
Himalayan Moutains.
On average, every adult human body contains two to nine pounds of this.
bacteria
What layer of the earth are the tectonic plates moving on?
The Mantle
Name two landforms that plate tectonics can create
Accept: Mountains, Valcanos, Faults, Ocean Trenches
These machines cause an average of 2 deaths per year.
Vending machines.
Which Plate boundary created the San Andreas Fault?
Transform
The name given to the supercontinent thought to exist millions of years ago.
Pangea
How many tectonic plates are there? 8,10,12, or 14?
12
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is causing this ocean to become larger.
Atlantic.
This causes air and mucus to travel out of your body at over 100 mph.
Sneeze