Pangea
What is Pangea?
A supercontinent
What can convergent plates create?
Volcanoes/Mountains
What can divergent boundaries form?
New valleys or rifts
What can transform boundaries make?
Fault lines/ uneven mountains
Where are tectonic plates found?
Everywhere! All on top of the mantle.
Did Pangea last forever?
No, it eventually drifted apart.
How do the plates converge? List 1-2 ways.
- One plate slides beneath the other
-Both crumple together
When divergent boundaries form cracks in the tectonic plates, what comes out of the crack?
When they drift apart, magma boils up through the cracks
When transform boundaries form fault lines they create...
(what are fault lines
Fault lines are when mountains have ridges in it's surface and form an uneven surface.
What are tectonic plates?
Chunks of rock that make up the Earth's crust.
Name one thing tectonic plates can create.
AMV(yes, I got this from Hau's answer sheets)
How many periods including pangea and present day were known before our seven continents were formed?
5