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100

Name the two types of earth's crust

continental and oceanic

100

What is the plate in Africa called

African Plate

100

a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.

Plate Tectonics

100

Where are tectonic plates located

All around the world

100

What can plate tectonics cause at transform boundaries?

Earthquakes

200

What is the longest continuous mountain chain on earth?

Mid- ocean (Mid-Atlantic) Ridge

200

What is the plate in Europe called

European Plates

200
The lithosphere is broken up into
Tectonic Plates
200

True or false, Tectonic plates are always moving

True

200

How many tectonic plate boundaries are there in Australia?

0

300

Name the 3 types of plate boundaries

convergent, divergent, transform

300

What is the plate in Antarctica called

Antarctic Plate

300
Tectonic Plates have their own each kind of
crust
300
Can plate tectonic movement be predicted?
Yes
300

How many major plate tectonics are there?

7

400

Name 2 pieces of evidence that scientists use to justify the plate tectonic theory

Fossil similarities between continents

Matching rock formations across continents

Climate evidence of past glacier activity

 

400

What is the plate in Eastern Europe called

Eurasion Plate

400

The driving force behind plate tectonics

Convection

400

T/F plate tectonics move several feet per year

False

400
this causes the oceanic plates to slide underneath continental plates at convergent subduction zones
What is density?
500

Who first suggested the theory of continental drift?

Alfred Wegener

500

What is the plate in America called 

American Plate

500

Plate Tectonic Movements are generated by the movement of what?

Convection currents in the mantle


500

What causes Plate tectonics to move?

Convection currents in the mantle

500

The area around the Pacific Ocean where there are many volcanoes and extensive seismic activity

What is the Ring of Fire?

600
the supercontinent showing how all of the continents were once very close to each other

What is Pangaea?

600

as new crust is created at a mid-ocean ridge magnetic rocks are deposited. Over time as the poles reverse, these rocks will change their direction

What are paleomagnetic stripes?
600

these are considered constructive zones where crust is created

What are divergent boundaries or mid-ocean ridges?

600
a large wave caused by an underwater earthquake

What is a tsunami?

600

these are found around transform faults and are large expansive areas of seafloor

What are abyssal plains?

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