CHISMIS NOON... THEORY NGAYON
LITHO-PLATO
MAGSASAMA O MAGHIHIWALAY?
MAKE AND MOVE
100
Which theory is supported by the pattern of magnetic orientation of rocks on both sides of the mid-ocean ridge?
Seafloor Spreading Theory
100
African, Caribbean, or Eurasian, which is NOT A MAJOR TECTONIC PLATE?
Caribbean
100
Which of the three boundary types is the LEAST COMMON?
TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY
100
What is the term for the sinking of the ocean floor back into the mantle beneath a deep-ocean trench?
Subduction
200
What evidence of Alfred Wegener theory focuses on the shapes of continental coastlines?
Geological Fit
200
Which relative densities of crustal rocks is true?
-ocean rock is denser while continental rock is less dense.
-ocean rock is less dense while continental rock is denser.
-ocean rock is denser while continental rock is less dense.
200
The Himalayas, where the Indo-Australian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate is an example of what tectonic plate boundary?
Convergent Plate Boundary
200
If rifting continues in a continental rift valley, which is most likely to form next?
A new oceanic basin
300
What evidence proved that South America, Africa, India, and Australia were once covered by ice?
Glacial Scars
300
When hot rock has been cooled, it becomes ______ (What happens to its density?)
More Dense (Denser)
300
Identify the geologic features that resulted from an Oceanic-Oceanic Plate Collision. Give Three (3).
Earthquake; Tsunami; Trench ; Volcanic Island Arc
300
Peru-Chile trench, Hawaii's hotspots, or Mid-Atlantic ridge, which place is best to study subduction?
Peru-Chile Trench
400
Which fossil strengthens the idea that South America and Africa were once joined?
Mesosaurus
400
What causes the tectonic plate movement?
Convection or
Mantle Convection
400
A plate boundary between a segment of divergent and convergent motion is _______.
Transform Plate Boundary
400
What is called when Earth’s magnetic field leaves the south pole and enters the north pole?
Magnetic Reversal
500
What is the main reason why Wegener’s theory about continental motion was not accepted as trues in is lifetime?
There is no evidence that supports how the continents move. They believed before, that the Earth's crust is fixed in place.
500
Which two plates marks the boundary of the Philippine plate?
-Pacific and Antarctica -Pacific and Indian
-Pacific and Eurasian
-Pacific and Eurasian
500
What causes the earthquakes to occur at tectonic plate boundaries?
Stress
500
In a hotspot, what can you say about the age of volcanic islands?
-The rocks increase in age as it moves further from the current active volcanic island.
-The older island are the farthest from the current volcano.