Plate Margins
This type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates slide, side by side, past each other
What is a transform boundary
This supercontinent that existed a long time ago
What is pangea
These 3 natural disasters occur when tectonic plates move suddenly
What are earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis.
Fossil evidence of these animals supports the idea that we once had a supercontinent
What are Dinosaurs
This type of boundary occurs when two plates move apart from each other
What is a divergent boundary
This happened to Pangea over time
What is it broke apart into the continents we have today
A number of rigid, but moving, pieces of Earth's surface
What are tectonic plates
This is one result of Pangea breaking apart
What is the creation of oceans between the continents
This type of tectonic plate boundary occurs when two plates push against each other.
What is convergent
Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is solid metal
What is the inner core
This is why scientists believe Pangea existed
What is because continents look like they fit together like a puzzle
How can studying the movement of tectonic plates, help us today?
What is to help predict earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
These two continents look like they could fit together like a puzzle when there was a supercontinent
What are South America and Africa?
This mountain range is an example of a convergent boundary
What is the Himalayas?
Pangaea existed this many millions of years ago
What is around 340 million years ago
This is the mechanism, powered by heat, causes the plates to move
What are convection cycles in the mantle
The San Andreas Fault is in this State
What is California
This is an example of a transform boundary
What is the San Andreas Fault
These are are the four layers of the Earth in order
What are the crust, mantle, and outer core and inner core
The Earths outer layer consists of oceanic plates which we call
Ocean plates
Earth's outer layer consists of land which we call this
What are continental plates