Plate Tectonics
The Earth's outer shell is broken into large, moving pieces called?
Tectonic Plates
What is it when two plates come together?
Convergent Boundary
True or false: Earthquakes can be prevented
False
What was the name of the landmass/supercontinent that eventually “drifted” into our current continents?
pangea
This type of landform is a naturally raised area of land, higher than a hill.
Mountains
This layer of the Earth is broken into tectonic plates?
What is it when two plates move apart?
Divergent Boundary
What are some of the things that shoot out volcanos when they erupt?
Ash, Gas, Lava, and rock
What is the hypothesis that today’s continents were once part of a single location?
Continental Drift
The flat, broad area of land is often found at low elevation and is ideal for farming?
Plain
What is the famous fault line in California. It is also an example of a transform boundary.
The San Andreas Fault
What is it when two plates go past each other?
Transform Boundary
How are tsunamis caused?
Earthquakes on the seafloor
The theory that all the continents fit together like a puzzle.
Continental drift
These landforms are made of loose sand and shaped by wind.
Sand Dune
The theory of plate tectonics explains the movement and activity of what natural disasters?
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Where are most of Earth’s earthquakes located?
Plate Boundaries
What causes volcanoes to erupt?
The accumulation and release of magma and gases within the Earth's crust
How do fossils support the theory of continental drift?
Showing distribution of species across different continents.
This is a V-shaped landform is typically formed by the erosion of water over a long period of time?
Vally
At a convergent boundary, an oceanic plate may sink under a continental plate in a process called.
Subduction
Transform boundaries typically move
Horizontally
What are tsunamis
They are large waves caused by earthquakes resulting in damage
Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
This landform occurs where a river meets a larger body of water and deposits sediments, often creating a triangular shape.
Delta