Boundaries
Plate Tectonics
Locations
Theories
100
Convergent, Divergent, Transform Boundaries
What are the three types of boundaries?
100

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

What are the four main layers of the earth?

100

Argentina

Where can convergent boundaries be found?

100

They can cause earthquakes, tsunamis, mountains, but they can cause fertile soil, and fossil fuels.

What can plate tectonics cause?

200
Convergent Boundary
What type of boundary is it when crust destroyed?
200
Crust
What is another name for lithosphere?
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
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

Convection Currents

What causes plates to move?

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 tectonic plates?

500
Marina's Trench
What trench is formed by oceanic-oceanic boundaries?
500
He believed plate tectonics moved and that is what formed continents and oceans.
What is Alfred Wegener's Theory?
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