The ring of fire forms volcanoes because all around it there is this kind of plate boundary.
What is a SUBDUCTION (CONVERGENT) BOUNDARY
100
What is the name of the boundary where two plates CRASH into one another?
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
100
This theory involved the moving of continents from one giant landmass called Pangea to what you see today on a world map.
What is CONTINENTAL DRIFT
100
What causes the heat that the mantle that forms the convection currents?
What is the DECAYING OF URANIUM IN THE EARTH'S CORE.
100
Earth’s plates move on average _________ cm a YEAR?
What is 3 - 10
200
The ring of fire encircles the ______________ Ocean.
What is the PACIFIC OCEAN
200
What is the name of the boundary where two plates move away from one another?
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
200
This theory involved the creating of ocean crust at mid-ocean ridges.
SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
200
What kind of CARBON comes from living organisms?
Carbon 12
200
What is the fluid upper mantle called?
What is the ASTHENOSPHERE!
300
The ring of fire hold _____% of the worlds’ volcanoes
What is 75%
300
What is the name of the boundary where two plates slide against one another?
What is a STRIKE-SLIP or TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
300
We talked about this man as being the FATHER OF THE PLATE TECTONICS THEORY
Who is ALFRED WEGENER!
300
Where (Specifically) does the convection current occur inside the Earth?
What is the ASTHENOSPHERE!
300
What land feature forms when two OCEANIC PLATES collide?
What is an ISLAND ARC
400
What are the deepest parts of the ocean, which are near the subduction boundaries?
What are TRENCHES
400
What process occurs when one plate GOES UNDER another plate?
What is SUBDUCTION!
400
What is the difference between a Hypothesis and a Theory?
A hypothesis is a guess and a Theory is something that has been tried and tested through many many experiments and is proven true as far as we can tell on this Earth.
400
The lines on the Earth that stretch from East to West, or Left to Right are called?
LINES OF LATITUDE
400
If you started at the mid-ocean ridge and started walking away from it, what can you tell me about the age of the rock you are walking on?
IT IS GETTING OLDER AS YOU WALK AWAY FROM IT.
500
What causes explosive volcanic eruptions that happen around the ring of fire?
What is WATER AND HIGH AMOUNTS OF SILICA.
500
What two things form at a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?
What is VOLCANOES and NEW CRUST
500
FINAL JEOPARDY!
PLEASE WRITE DOWN YOUR WAGERS AND SUBMIT THEM TO MR. FOSTER
DESCRIBE the Steps of VOLCANO formation around the RING OF FIRE.
500
Why does one Oceanic Tectonic Plate go underneath the other one if they are the same type of crust? Shouldn't they just collide and crunch up?
One oceanic plate is older than the other one which would make the OLDER one MORE DENSE because it's COLDER.
500
DESCRIBE HOW A CONVECTION CURRENT FORMS.
THE SUPER-HEATED MANTLE RISES TO THE LITHOSPHERE OR CRUST, IT SPREADS OUT, COOLS AND FALLS, ONLY TO START OVER AGAIN.