Tectonic Plates
True of false: Tectonic plates make up the mantle
False! They make up the CRUST
Name 2 negative effects an earthquake can have on people.
injuries, deaths, loss of money, loss of belongings...
True or false: A transform boundary is when plates slide past each other
True!
Big slab of rock that moves over Earth...
Tectonic Plate(s)
Who is the running back of the Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Henry
Name 2 things that result from the movement of the tectonic plates.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos, mid-ocean ridges, trenches, Continental Drift...
A tsunami is the result of an...?
underwater earthquake
A divergent boundary is when.....?
2 plates separate from each other
Plate boundary where 2 plates slide apart
Divergent Boundary
What is Mr. Tubmans favorite activity to do in the fall
Watch Ravens Games
What is Continental Drift and what causes it to happen?
The process where the Earth's continents are slowly drifting apart. This is caused by the movement of the tectonic plates.
An earthquake occurs at a ________ _________
Transform Boundary
Name the 3 types of plate boundaries
Covergent, Divergent, Transform
What are 3 forms of evidence of continental drift.
Fossil
Rock
Coastlines or Mountains
What is the name of the stadium where the Baltimore ravens play
M&T Bank
What are the tectonic plates?
Huge slabs of rock that make up Earth's crust which are constantly moving and cause the continents to drift and things like volcanos, earthquakes, etc to form.
Why is it more likely for earthquakes and tsunamis to happen in Japan rather than New York?
Because Japan sits on a plate boundary, and when stress occurs there, it can cause an earthquake/tsunami
Who proposed the theory of continental drift
Alfred Wegener
A fossil that is used to correlate rock strata
Index Fossil
How many super bowls have the Baltimore Ravens won?
2
The land mass which separated due to the plates moving (continental drift) is called
Pangea
Describe (the steps of) how an earthquake occurs...
The tectonic plates interact with each other (often at a subduction zone), this causes a lot of stress and suddenly releases seismic waves which cause vibrations through the ground, leading to potential destruction.
What happens at the plate boundary which forms a mid-ocean ridge?
The plates diverge/separate and magma from the mantle emerges, which forms an underwater mountain range
A tectonic plate is a massive piece of the Earths _____
Crust
The San Andreas fault is located in _____ and is a ______ boundary.
California and is a Transform Plate