Fun Facts
What is the name of the the mega continent made out of all 7 present day ones?
What is Pangea
The Lithosphere is broken up into
What are Tectonic Plates
Where can tectonic plates be found?
What is everywhere
What type of Plate Boundary is described as moving away from eachother?
What are divergent boundaries
What quarter of the school year are we in?
What is Quarter 3
Name the two types of crust
What is 1. Oceanic Crust 2. Continental Crust
List 3 natural hazards that can be produced from tectonic plate movement.
(Think carefully, must have all 3 correct)
What are Tsunami's, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions
True or False: All Tectonic Plates move more than 5 inches a year
What boundary creates the most earthquakes?
What are Transform boundaries
What is the name of this "ring" that produces majority of the Earth's earthquakes? (around 90% of the worlds earthquakes occur here)
What is the ring of fire
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
What is transform, convergent, divergent
The Theory of ______________ explains the process of new oceanic crust being created from magma in the asthenosphere.
What is Sea Floor Spreading
True or False: Plate Tectonics have boundaries
What is true
What boundary is found near majority of subduction zones?
What are Convergent Boundaries
What fault line can be found in the U.S.?
What is the San Andreas Fault
List 3 pieces of evidence of the Continental Drift Theory
1. Fossil Evidence
2. Continent Puzzles
3. Continuation of rock formations
4. Magentic Striping
What is the driving process of Plate Tectonics
Who produced the Theory of Sea Floor Spreading?
Who is Harry Hess
In a subduction zone which tectonic plate with subduct under the other?
What is the plate with greater density
Who is your favorite 8th grade science teacher?
Ms. Ruse/Mrs. Buenger
Who created the Theory of Continental Drift
Who is Alfred Wegener
The theory of _______________ explains the structure of Earth's crust and results from the interaction of lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle/asthenosphere.
What is The Theory of Plate Tectonics
What causes Tectonic Plates to move?
What is the process of convection currents moving magma in the mantle/asthenosphere
What are the 3 types of Convergent Boundaries?
What are:
oceanic vs. oceanic
oceanic vs. continental
continental vs. continental
What is the name of the plate that holds most of Europe?
What is the European Plate