PLATES
What is the largest plate in the world?
Pacific plates
Which theory explained the formation of mountain ranges, volcanoes, and earthquake occurrences?
Plate Tectonic Theory
Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory in 1912?
Alfred Wegener
A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary?
divergent boundary
Tectonic is a term derived from Greek word ______ which means "carpenter" or "builder."
tekton
What plate is the smallest?
Juan de Fuca Plate
What mountain range is formed due to the collision of the Nazca plate and the South American plate?
Andes Mountain Range
Who first proposed the seafloor spreading theory in 1960?
Harry Hess
What type of boundary results in the formation of mountains?
Convergent boundary
What is the name of the area where an estimated 75% of the Earth’s volcanoes are located?
Pacific Ring of Fire
What do you call the fractures that developed as plates move?
fault
What plates collided that led to the formation of the PH Sierra Madre mountain range? Philippine plate and ___________.
Eurasian
Who proposed the concept of Pangea?
Alfred Wegener
Which process occurs at a convergent boundary between two continental plates?
Subduction
________ was a supercontinent that existed approximately 335 to 175 million years ago and was composed of most of Earth's continental crust, which had converged to form a single landmass
Pangea
The Ring of Fire (a series of volcanoes) is located in which of the following plates?
Pacific plate
Which of the following refers to the opening in the earth’s crust in which lava, volcanic ash, and gasses escape?
Volcano
Who proposed the first theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
According to the Plate Boundary Map, what type of plate boundary occurs between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
Divergent boundary
Wegener explained that about 1,100 million years ago, there was a supercontinent named ______, which is predated Pangaea.
Rodinia
According to the Plate Boundary Map, which of the seven major lithospheric plates consists mostly of oceanic lithosphere?
Pacific Plate
It refers to the forces and events that lead to a large structural deformation of Earth's lithosphere.
Orogeny
Who published the first world atlas, which is considered one of the foundational works that gave rise to the theory of plate tectonics, published by on January 1, 1596?
Abraham Ortelius
1960's
The theory of ______ states that whenever equilibrium exists on Earth's surface, equal mass must underlie equal surface areas, meaning a great continental mass must be formed of lighter materials than that supposed to constitute the ocean floor.
Theory of Isostacy