Continental Drift Theory
Rough distance in cm that continents move every year
What is 2cm a year?
Plates that are moving away from each other
Diverging Plates
Molten rock that has come out of an erupted volcano
What is lava
The spot underground where an earthquake happens/begins
What is the focus of an earthquake
The answer to 7+7?
What is 14
Name of the continent that existed when all land was together
What is Pangea?
Plates that rub against each other as they pass in opposite directions
What are transform plates
Molten rock below the crust of the Earth
What is Magma?
The point on the ground level above the focus of an earthquake
What is the epicentre of an earthquake
Popular book character with lightning shaped scar on his forehead
Who is Harry Potter?
Surprise Maths question. Without a calculator tell me what is 8 x 7
What is 56?
Surprise Maths question the answer to 117-82
What is 35
A line in (around) the pacific ocean where a LOT of volcanoes are formed. (Also a Johnny Cash song)
What is the ring of fire?
The two types of plates that could cause Earthquakes
What are Convergent and Transform plates
Who plays Kate Bishop in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Who is Hailee Steinfeld
3 different types of evidence for continental drift theory
What are:
Fossils across oceans
Shapes of continents
Cliff faces
Ocean ridges/fault lines found adn measured
The zone formed when one converging plate goes underneath another
What is a subduction zone?
A passage that build up air/magma can use to escape and cause an eruption
What is a vent
A secondary disaster that can be caused by an earthquake in the water.
What is a tsunami?
Smallest country in the world by land mass
What is the Vatican City?
Last name of the guy who first prompted continental drift tehory
Who is Wagner?
The two types of plates that can cause volcanoes
What are diverging and converging plates
Famous Italian voclano eruption
What is Mount Vesuvius?
What is Pompeii?
The name of the major faultline that causes many of California's earthquakes
What is the San Andreas Fault?
Brain disorder occurring in patients of an older age causing substantial memory loss
What is Alzheimer's disease