Plate Tectonics
What is the theory that states that plates are in slow, constant motion?
What is Plate Tectonics
What do scientists use to measure plate motion precisely??????????
What are satellites????????
What does the prefix di- mean??
What is away??
what does the prefix con- mean?
together
what does the prefix trans- mean?
along
What explains the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth's plates??
What is the theory of Plate Tectonics??
Why have plates moved great distances????
what is because they have been moving for tens to hundreds of millions of years????????????
How do the plates at a divergent boundary move??
What is they move away from eachother??
at a convergent boundary how do the plates move?
what is they come together or collide
at the transform boundaries how do the plates move?
what is moving past each other
What are the top parts of the large Convection Currents in Earth's Mantle??
What are plates??
what does plate movements produce on the Earth's surface?????
What are earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain ranges, and deep-ocean trenches??
What deep valley is formed where pieces of Earth's crust diverge on land??
What is a rift valley??
what happens when two plates collide?
what is the oceanic crust becomes colder and heavier as it spreads from the mid-ocean ridge
what can happen if the plates are rocky and jagged
what is the plates can grab each other and lock in
About what year did geologist combine what they knew about sea-floor spreading, Earth's plates, and plate Motions into the single theory called Plate Tectonics??
What is the mid-1960s??
What is Pangea??
If correct +1 sabotage
Where do most divergent boundaries occur??
What is along the mid-ocean ridges??
what landform does this boundary form?
what is mountains (Andes Mountains)
what natural disasters happens when plates slip along the boundaries that they form?
what is earthquakes
What are plates driven by in the theory of Plate Tectonics??
What are Convection Currents in the mantle??
How many centimeters do plates move in a year???
what is 1-12 centimeters per year???????
Where in the world is there a divergent boundary which has made a crack in the plates so big that people can walk through it??
What is Iceland??
what determines which plate comes out on top when they collide?
what is the density of the plate
at these boundaries true or false crust is created and destroyed?
what is false