Boundaries
Plate Tectonics
Causes/Earth's Structure
Locations
Theories
100
Convergent, Divergent, Transform Boundaries
What are the three types of boundaries?
100
more dense plate will subduct

When two oceanic plates converge, what happens?

100
Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes, Tsunamis
What natural disasters are caused by plate tectonics?
100
Bolivia
Where can convergent boundaries be found?
100
They can cause earthquakes, tsunamis, mountains, but they can cause fertile soil, and fossil fuels.
What is the theory that plate tectonics can do?
200
Convergent Boundary
What type of boundary is it when crust destroyed?
200
Crust
What is another name for lithosphere?
200

What is the solid, iron layer that makes up a small amount of Earth's mass

inner core


200
Iceland
Where can divergent boundaries be found?
200
Plate tectonics are the plates under the earth that make up the earths surface, they move because of intense heat.
What is the theory of plate tectonics
300
Divergent Boundary
What type of boundary is it when new crust forms?
300
When an oceanic plate and continental plate collide.
What causes subduction to occur?
300

What is the layer of solid yet malleable material that can flow?

mantle

300
California
Where can transform boundaries be found? (HINT: in the USA)
300
the nineteenth century longitude determenations (longitude lines on a map), the shape of continents, fossil evidence, matching rock types and geological structures, and ancient climate patters
What evidence did Alfred Wegener use?
400
Transform Boundary
What type of boundary is it when two plates slide past each other?
400
Conviction Currents
What causes plates to move?
400

What is the layer of molten iron that helps creates Earth's magnetic field?

outer core

400
Himalayan Mountain Range (Himalayas)
What mountain range is formed by continental-continental boundaries?
400
Alfred Wegener
What guy was not trusted with his idea of movement of plate tectonics?
500
continental-continental, oceanic-oceanic, and oceanic-continental
What are the three types of convergent boundaries?
500
Broken parts of lithosphere that carry continents and oceans
What are plate tectonics?
500

What is a thin, rock layer that is very brittle and floats on the layer below

what is crust


500
Marina's Trench
What trench is formed by oceanic-oceanic boundaries?
500

continental drift

After new evidence was found, plate tectonics theory replace what?

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