Conduction, Convection and Radiation
Emily was outside in the sunlight, she began to feel slightly warm. What type of thermal energy transfer is she experiencing?
Radiation
Two plates are sliding past each other, what type of boundary is this?
Transform
What type of boundaries can you find earthquakes?
Transform plate boundries
Who was the Scientist who first came up with the theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
What type of heat transfer when you touch a hot plate?
Conduction
A Kettle on the stove begins to heat up. What type of thermal energy transfer is this?
Conduction
What is the outer layer of the earth called?
Crust
What is created during a transform boundary?
Fault Lines
Why was Alfred Wegener's theory laughed at?
Most people thought it was highly unreasonable to say that the continents moved.
What is the name of the crust that sits UNDER a continent?
Continental crust
What is the difference between Conduction and Radiation?
Conduction is heat transfer through direct contact while Radiation is heat transfer from a distance.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates collide?
Convergent
What type of boundary can create mountain ranges.
Convergent.
What is Pangea?
A former supercontinent consisting of all 7 current continents.
Alfred wegener believed that long ago the 7 continents were joined together, forming a supercontinent he called....
Pangea
In a cup of water, heat will travel ______ while cold travels ______.
Up, Down
Two tectonic plates move (divide) apart. Magma rises and creates new crust on Earth's surface.
Divergent boundary
Volcanoes are created by _______ to ________ ________ boundaries.
Continental, Oceanic, Convergent.
What evidence can be used to prove the theory of continental drift?
Fossils of the same animals have been found on different continents.
What is radiation?
Heat transfer over a distance.
Poor conductors such as plastic are called ____.
Insulators
Which of these is NOT a boundary type?
1.Crust
2.Convergent
3.Divergent
4.Transform
1.Crust
The Mariana Trench was formed when the Pacific Plate _____ under the Mariana Plate.
Subducted.
What causes Continental drift?
Convection Currents
What is Convection?
Convection is when hot matter rises, and cold matter sinks.