Plate Boundaries
This type of boundary creates new ocean crust/seafloor.
Tectonic plates are part of this mechanical layer, which is composed of these two physical layers.
Lithosphere - crust and upper mantle
These landforms are created when continents converge
Moutains
This was a piece of evidence that supported the Theory of Continental Drift.
Fossils, continents fit together, similar rocks, glacial deposits, coal seams, climate belt
This rock is located at 44 degrees N, 76 degrees W.
Ordovician limestones, shales, sandstones and dolostones
This type of boundary forms the Peru-Chile Trench.
Convergent
In this layer, warm rock rises and cool rocks sinks, causing convection cells.
Mantle
This mountainous region contains the oldest rocks in NY
Adirondack Mountains
These are created by earthquakes and show scientists the composition of Earth's layers
Seismic waves, seismic shadows
This geologic feature was created when Pangaea began to break up
Palisades sill
This area occurs at a convergent boundary where oceanic crust is recycled into the mantle.
Subduction Zone
This layer is the warmest
Inner Core
These sedimentary rocks, Devonian in age, are part of this geographic province.
Appalachian Plateau Province
These are symmetrical patterns that form parallel from mid-ocean ridges
Paleomagnetic strips
The advance and retreat of the last continental ice occurred during this Period.
Quaternary
This physical property determines what will happens when different types of crust meet and interact.
Density
This layer is liquid and is responsible for Earth's magnet field
Outer core
Volcanoes are created in association with these boundaries.
Convergent and Divergent
This happens to the age of the seafloor as you move further from a MOR
Gets older
This is the spreading rate at the boundary of the Southeast Indian Ocean Ridge.
7.4 cm/yr
The San Andreas fault, located in California, is this type of boundary
Transform
This layer is brittle and therefore breaks rather than flows
Crust
These landforms are created when the uplifting forces are greater than the erosional forces.
Mountains
These features are the deepest on Earth's surface and are associated with subduction zones
Trenches
True or False: The Hawaiian Island Volcanoes are created due to plate boundaries
False