Tectonics
Sea Floor
Hot Spots
Earthquake Action
100
Which scientist came up with the idea of Continental drift?
Who was Alfred Wegener?
100
What kind of boundary is usually found under the ocean floor?
What is divergent?
100
Does a hot spot move?
No
100
What happens after an underwater earthquake?
What is a tsunami?
200
What is one piece of evidence for continental drift?
What is fit of continents, glacial scratches, matching rocks and mountain, fossils, coal deposits?
200
What is true about the age of the rocks at the ridge? Are they younger or older than rock near the shore?
They are younger
200
Use the ESRT to name 4 hot spots
Answers may vary
200
Which seismic wave arrives first?
What is a P wave?
300
What is a type of plate boundary where one plate goes past another plate?
What is a transform boundary?
300
Where was a seamount formed?
What needed to be happening in the Earth's crust for a seamount to form?
300
What happens to the age of islands created as they get farther from the hot spot? Do they get older or younger?
They get older
300
S waves travel only through...
What is a solid?
400
How are the islands of Hawaii formed?
They are created by a hot spot and moving plate boundary
400
What is an example of a divergent plate boundary (ESRT p5)
Any ESRT divergent plate boundary
400
What geological feature is shown by the red dot?
What is a hot spot?
400
What is something you can do to prepare for an earthquake?
what is -move the bed, apply a treatment to windows, have a first aid kit available (more possible answers)