Plate Tectonics Review

Plate Boundaries

100

A Mid Ocean Ridge is typically found what type of plate boundary?

Divergent

200

Boundaries that slide past one another called

Transform Plate Boundaries

300

Give an example of the a convergent plate boundary.

Answers vary; use your ESRT!

400

What type of Earth feature would be expected to form at an oceanic-continental convergent boundary?

Deep Sea Trench

500

What is the name of the process that occurs where one plate travels underneath another?

Subduction

Earthquakes

100

Which plate boundary is associated with shallow Earthquakes?

Transform

200

An S-Wave has a travel time of 6 minutes.  How far is the epicenter?

1600 km

300

An earthquake epicenter is measured to be 4200 km away.  How long does the first P-Wave take to arrive?

7 minutes 20 seconds

400

An Earthquake has a difference of arrival time of 4 minutes and 40 seconds.  What is the distance to the epicenter?

3200 km

500

A P-Wave arrives at 2:12:50, while an S-Wave arrives at 2:18:30.  How far away was the Earthquake's epicenter?

4200 km

Layers of the Earth

100

Which layer of the Earth has the greatest density?

Inner Core

200

What is the temperature range for the outer core?

5000-6200 degrees Celsius

300

The layer of the Earth that contains convection currents is known as the 

Asthenosphere

400

Which layer of the Earth is purely a liquid, and how do scientists infer this?

Outer Core; S-Waves can only pass through solids and they can't pass through the outer core.

500

The combination of the crust and rigid mantle is known as the 

Lithosphere

Volcanoes

100

Which hotspot is responsible for the Hawaiian volcano chain?

Hawaii Hot Spot

200

What are the three types of volcanoes?

Shield, Stratovolcano, Cinder Cone

300

Name two volcanic hazards, and explain what makes them dangerous.

Answers vary.

400

What is the relationship between viscosity and explosiveness? Explain how they impact one another.

Direct relationship; the thicker magma of higher viscosity leads to more explosive volcanoes as gas is trapped in the magma.

500

Explain exactly how the Hawaiian volcano chain formed.

Magma rose up through a hotspot creating an island volcano.  As the Pacific plate continued to move across the Earth's surface, it continued to cross the hotspot creating more volcanoes along the way.

MYSTERY CATEGORY

100

Name the three presidents that have served during your lifetime.

George Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump

200

Which team is the defending NBA champions, and who was the finals MVP?

Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant

300

What is Mr. Winters' hometown called?

Saugerties

400

What is the most viewed video currently on YouTube?

Despacito by Luis Fonsi

500

Rank the value of a poker hand from the weakest possible hand, to the strongest possible hand.

One Pair, Two Pair, Three of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, Four of a Kind, Straight Flush, Royal Flush