Plate Tectonics is the study of the earth and the way it moves and forms other land features in the process
What is Plate Tectonics?
100
between an oceanic and continental plate
What is an area for a convergent boundary?
100
a convergent boundary is where two plates are moving towards eachother and then they collide and cause friction and heat
What is a convergent boundary?
100
a divergent boundary is when there are two tectonic plates moving away from eachother
What is a divergent boundary?
100
It is a slip fault that occurs between the two plates of the earths crust
What is a transform fault?
200
It is very important because without it we wouldn't know how the earth works or what happens when plates collide
What is the importance of Plate Tectonics?
200
continental and oceanic lithosphere is a boundary for divergent plates
What is an area for divergent plates?
200
when the convergent boundaries collide they create heat and friction that cause earthquakes and volcanoes
What is a downside of convergent boundaries?
200
a downside of divergent boundaries is that when the plates move away from eachother they leave a gap and then magma wells and volcanoes form in the gap
What is a downside of divergent boundaries?
200
at transform faults where plates slide away from eachother there will be liner valleys or seafloor spreading and possibly slight gaps between the earth
What is bad about transform faults?
300
a theory explaining the structure of the earths crust that move slowly under the underlying mantle
What is the meaning of plate tectonics?
300
transform faults are at the base of a convergent or divergent boundary
What is an area for transform faults?
300
convergent boundaries cause subduction and sometimes depending on what happens it is not good
What is a problem convergent boundaries cause?
300
it helps us to study the way the earth works and how this type of plate effects the earth by the way it moves
What is a good thing about divergent boundaries?
300
transform faults help scientists better study the fault lines and the places where earthquakes and volcanoes are formed
What is a good thing about transform faults?
400
there are many theories to plate tectonics and all of them have the same base. all of the plates are constantly slowly moving and getting closer or farther apart
What is the meaning of plate tectonic theory?
400
convergent boundaries cause subduction beneath mountains and creates friction and heat
What is a part of subduction?
400
so people can understand why the subduction zone is formed under one or both of the oceanic tectonic plates
What is the importance of convergent boundaries?
400
so we know every type of plate and the way it works to better understand earth and the way plates move and create other landforms
What is the importance of divergent boundaries?
400
scientists have to know about them so if something happens on earth they can figure out how to study and understand it
What is the importance of transform faults?
500
your opinion so there is no right or wrong answer
What is your opinion on the importance of plate tectonics?
500
the persons opinion is the answer
What is your opinion on the importance of areas of plate tectonics?
500
the persons opinion is the answer
What is your opinion on the importance of convergent boundaries?
500
your opinion so there is no right or wrong answer
What is your opinion on the importance of divergent boundaries?
500
your opinion so there is no right or wrong answer
What is your opinion on the importance of transform faults?