Plate Tectonics

Fun Facts

100

What is " All Earth"?

Pangaea

200

Two types of crust

Continental crust

Oceanic crust

300

3 types of plate boundaries

convergent, divergent, transform

400

Evidence of Continental Drift theory

Fossil Evidence 

Climate change evidence 

puzzle piece continents

Rock formations are the same

500

Proponent of Continental Drift Thery

Alfred Wegener

Different Plate Locations

100

Plate in Africa

African Plate

200

Plates in Europe

European Plates

300

Plate in Antarctica

Antarctic Plate

400

Plate in Eastern Europe

Eurasian Plate

500

Plate in America

American Plate

Straight Facts

100

a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.

Plate Tectonics

200

The lithosphere is broken up into

Tectonic Plates

300

Proponent of Wilson Cycle

John Tuzo Wilson

400

Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has a higher strength than the underlying...

asthenosphere

500

Plate Tectonic Movements are generated by the movement of what?

Convection currents in the mantle

Easy Questions

100

Everywhere

Where are plate tectonics located?

200

Proponent of Seafloor Spreading Thery

Harry Hammond Hess

300

Do Plate tectonics have boundaries?

Yes

400

T/F plate tectonics move metres per year

False

500

What causes Plate tectonics to move?

Magma flowing beneath the Earth

Convection current in the mantle

Hard Questions

100

What can plate tectonics cause?

Earthquakes

200

How many tectonic plate boundaries are there in Australia?

0

300

How many major and minor plate tectonics are there?

major 7

minor 8

400

How many plate tectonics are in the world?

There is no scientific/ logical answer (which means nobody counts plate tectonics)

500

If Australia is moving about 2cm/ year and was drifted from the ridge by 1000km, how long ago was it when Australia was near the ridge?

50 million