Plate Boundaries
Name the three types of plate boundaries.
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
What is the name of the Super Continent?
Pangaea
What is the Theory Called that Alfred Wegner proposed?
Continental Drift
Who founded the idea of tectonic plates by looking at Mid-Ocean Ridges
Harry Hess
What is Miss Richards' least favorite football team?
Anything Michigan and KC Cheifs
This boundary causes earthquakes due to the sliding of the plates.
Transform Boundary
Who founded the idea of the Super Continent
Alfred Wegner
How did the theory of plate tectonics support the theory of continental drift?
Explained how the continents moved.
What is the boundary called when two plates are colliding with each other?
Convergent Boundary
True or False:
Fossils of the same species were found on seperate continents and nowhere else.
True
Define the movment for the Convergent plate boundary.
Plates are colliding together
True or False:
One piece of evidence that Wegener used was: Differents rocks are found on each continent, with no relationship between them.
False
What makes the movement of the plates that caused the continental drift?
Convection Currents
How many years after Alfred passed away did Hess discover plate tectonics?
30 years
What is the biggest range of folded mountains in Asia named?
Himalyan Mountains
Fill In The Blank:
The movement of a divergent plate boundary is________. This causes a _________ and _________.
Dividing/Seperating
Rift/ Mid-Ocean Ridge
Name a piece of evidence Wegner used to support his claim.
Continents fit like a Puzzle Piece
Fossils of the same Animals found on multiple continents
Glaciers on (today's) warm continents
Why was the Cotinental Drift Theory not well recieved by other scientist?
The scientist didn't know the force responsible for moving the continents.
Divergent Boundary causes what kind of landform and why?
Causes a Rift or Mid-Ocean Ridge due the the seperation of plates and rising of magma.
True or False:
Harry Hess founded the idea of plate tectonics before the theory of Continental Drift
False
If two plates are colliding together and they are different densities, what is this going to cause?
Volcanoes and Tranches
Which continent fits best (like a puzzle piece) with Africa?
South America
What is one major piece of evidence that was found on Africa, that you would not see today?
Glaciers
The edges of these tectonic plates hold the most volcanic activity and earth quakes. What is this formation called?
Ring of Fire
This fault is causing most (if not all) of the earthquakes near/in California.
San Andreas Fault