Plate Tectonics
This plate boundary occurs when two plates scrape and slide past each other?
Transform Boundaries
This is an area where two plates collide
Convergent Boundary
This is an area where water drains to a common location
Watershed
When coral expels its algae and harms its ability to survive
Coral Bleaching
This type of heat transfer occurs when two objects are sharing heat due to direct touch
Conduction
Pangea
This type of event can occur due to transform boundaries moving against each other
Earthquakes
This is an underground layer below the surface that holds groundwater
Aquifer
Name 1 type of human impact on ocean systems
pollution, overfishing, coral bleaching, etc
This word describes when two or more substances make up a molecule or chemical equation
Compound
This is a point where one plate slides beneath another one:
Subduction Zone
This is an area where two plates pull apart from each other
Divergent Boundary
What type of feature defines the boundaries of a watershed? Sometimes in-between two high points..
Divide
Where does the highest percentage of ocean pollution come from?
Runoff from land
Give one example of a chemical change
Answers vary
This is the name of the theory that suggested that continents were once one single landmass that broke apart and drifted over time
Continental Drift Theory
What are the two types of landforms that can form from two plates colliding with each other?
Volcanoes, Mountains
Name 3 types of surface water
Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, springs
This is an area of ocean that is struggling to survive due to low oxygen levels
Dead Zone
This scientific law explains how an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force
Newton's First Law of Motion
The name of the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift
Alfred Wegener
This type of landform occurs when two plates separate; most commonly found on the ocean floor where new crust develops
Rift valley or mid-ocean ridge
This type of man-made structure can deface an area where a watershed or river flows into an ocean and can stop fish from migrating
Dam
Overfishing
This is a vast, spherical shell of icy objects beyond the Kuiper Belt that surrounds the entire solar system; often believed to be shaped like a donut
Oort Cloud