Fun Facts
Naming Major Plates
Straight Facts
Easy Questions
Hard Questions
100
What is one type of crust ?
continental crust
100
African Plate
100
What is the name of scientific theory explains why the earth's plates move ?
Plate Tectonics
100
Ocean basins are formed at what type of plate boundary?
Divergent Plate Boundaries
100
What can plate tectonics cause?
Earthquakes
200
What is another type of crust
oceanic crust
200
Eurasian Plate
200
When two plates collide or bump it's called ?
Convergent Boundaries
200
When two plates slide past each other it is called ?
Transform boundaries
200
What 2 things can happen when two plates collide ?
1. mountain building 2. volcano erupts
300
How many major plates did our class learn ?
7 major plates
300
Indo-Australian Plate
300
Who is the name of the scientist who discovered Plate Tectonics ?
Alfred Wegner
300
Where two plates meet is called a ______?
Plate Boundary
300
What 2 geological feature/event is created when an oceanic crust collides with continental crust?
1. Trench 2. Volcanoes
400
Tectonic plates are constantly _____________
Moving
400
The North American Plate
400
When two plates move apart it's called ?
divergent boundaries
400
Ocean Basins are formed by this plate boundary?
Divergent
400
Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes happen ?
In the Ring of Fire/Pacific Plate
500
True or False there are 30 different tectonic plates
true
500
Pacific Plate
500
What causes the earth's plates to move ?
convection currents in the mantle/asthenosphere
500
What is the name of the transform plate boundary in California? What geological event happens at the plate boundary?
1. San Andreas Fault
2. Earthquakes
500
The San Andreas Fault is located in California. What tectonic boundary does it form?
North American and Pacific Plate