Wegener
Under the Sea
Plate Tectonics
Boundaries
Internship
100
The name Wegener game to the super-continent that existed 300 million years age
What is Pangea?
100
The adding of new material to the ocean floor
What is Sea-Floor Spreading?
100

the size or strength of something, such as an earthquake or tsunami

What is magnitude?

100
When to plates collide
What is Convergent Boundaries?
100

The three things to consider when creating a warning system for tsunamis?

What is cost, false alarms, and time?

200
Term for an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
What is a Fossil?
200
Long underwater mountain chains formed by divergent boundaries
What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?
200
Breaks in the Earth's crust
What are Faults?
200
When two plates separate
What is Divergent Boundaries?
200

A formal design that is supported by evidence and submitted for discussion, review, and possible purchase.

What is a proposal?

300

Wegener's hypothesis was rejected because he could not prove this

What is How the Plate Move?

300

The year the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster occurred resulting in over 200,000 deaths.

What is 2004?

300
Two continental plates colliding will create this
What are Mountains?
300
When two plates slide past each other
What is Transform Boundaries?
300

the process by which rock material moves under Earth’s outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion

What is subduction?

400
Term for the continents slow movement on Earth's surface
What is Continental Drift?
400

The 3 types of sensors used in tsunami warning systems

What is eartquake, shallow, and deep?

400
Transform boundaries usually cause these
What are Earthquakes?
400
Two continental plates separating will create this
What is a Rift Valley?
400

a large ocean wave caused by a sudden shift in the seafloor

What is tsunami?

500

The remains of a tropical plant or fossils in a cold area was proof of this type of evidence

What is plate motion and climate?

500

Who scored the highest score in bowling on Monday?

Anthony, Richie, Adrian, or Edwin

Who is Anthony?

500
This boundary is where large earthquakes occur resulting in possible tsunamis

What is convergent?

500

True or False. Earthquakes cause plate motion.

What is false? Plate motion causes earthquakes

500

Why is Sri Lanka is a tsunami zone?

It is surrounded by plate boudaries (convergent) and surrounded the Indian Ocean