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Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics 1
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Hot Spots
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What percent of volcanoes are in the Ring of Fire...

75%

100
All the continents at one time were joined into one super continent called....

Pangea

100

These currents underground cause the Tectonic Plates to move....

Convection Currents

100

Volcanic regions where mantle plumes are in areas of hot, upwelling magma...

Hot Spots

200

You can find the Ring of Fire in this ocean.....

Pacific

200

Type of plate boundary where two plates slide past each other..

(Convergent, Divergent, and Transform)

Transform

200
The Mid-Ocean Ridge is an area underwater where seafloor spreading (addition of new seafloor) arises due to the plates moving ________from each other...

apart

200

Islands created by hots spots...

Hawaiian Islands

300

Has the most active volcanoes in the world...

Indonesia

300

Type of plate boundary where 2 plates move away from each other...

Divergent

300

NOT evidence of Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift...

(climate, plant and animal fossils, land features, or human remains)

Human Remains

300

The island of Hawaii is currently on an active...

hot spot

400

What are fissures...

Cracks in the Earth's surface

400

Type of plate boundary where 2 plates move towards and into each other...

Convergent

400

Scientist that proposed the Continental Drift Theory...

Alfred Wegener

400

Islands further away from the hot spot are considered....

older islands

500

Name of Volcano in Mexico that grew 60 feet in a week...

Paricutan

500

Scientific theory that states continents drifted apart over a hundreds of millions years ago...

Continent Drift Theory

500
The layer of Earth that is broken up into pieces called the Tectonic Plates...

Lithosphere

500

Islands closer to the hot spot are considered...

Younger islands