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PLATE TECTONICS A
PLATE TECTONICS B
PLATE TECTONICS C
PLATE TECTONICS D
PLATE TECTONICS E
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It is a rigid section of the lithosphere that moves as a unit.

PLATES

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What is the outermost layer of the Earth's surface called?

the crust

100

The science that deals with the study of earthquakes and seismic wave that move through and around the Earth.

SEISMOLOGY

100
What do you call cracks that are made in the plates from all of the pushing and shoving?
Faults
100

What are the 2 body waves?

P-wave and S-wave

200
What layer of Earth is made of mostly solid iron?
Inner Core
200
What do you call the area where two tectonic plates meet?
Plate Boundary
200

What happens when a continental plate converges with a continental plate?

Formation of mountains and mountain ranges

200
What type of boundary is made when two tectonic plates collide?
Convergent
200

What geologic feature is formed when two oceanic plates diverged?

Mid-Ocean Ridge

300

What layer is broken up to create plates?

Lithosphere

300
What is a boundary where two plates slide along each other?
Transform
300

What is the process when oceanic crust sinks below continental crust?

Subduction

300

The flow that transfers heat within a fluid

Convection current

300

When is our last day of Summer School?

August 15th, 2024

400

The recording of the ground shaking at the specific location of the instrument.

SEISMOGRAPH

400

The process of heat transfer by the bulk movement of molecules within fluids such as gases and liquids.

CONVECTION

400
What hardens to form new rock at mid-ocean ridges?
Magma
400

Give the 2 geologic features when two oceanic crust collide

volcanic arc island and trench

400

A depression on the seafloor produced by subduction process

Trench

500

Who is best Summer School Teacher?

Mr. B and Ms. Gabby

500

What are the basis of dividing the lithospheric plates

Earthquake Epicenters, Mountain Ranges, Active Volcanoes
500
What is the theory that the earth's surface is broken up into large pieces that float on top of the asthenosphere?
The Plate Tectonic Theory
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The type of tectonic plate boundary that sometimes has a subduction zone is ______.

Convergent Boundary

500
Primary cause of plate movement..

Convection currents in the mantle.