Plate Tectonics

Fun Facts

100

Present polarity of earth

normal polarity

200

Two types of crust

continental and oceanic crust

300

3 types of plate boundaries

convergent, divergent, transform

400

Evidence of tectonic plate theory

Fossil Evidence 

Climate change evidence 

puzzle piece continents

Rock formations are the same

500

Who first suggested the theory of plate tectonics?

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

Eurasion 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

layer of earth that is being studied

crust

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

Where are plate tectonics located?

Everywhere

200

Proponent of Wilson Cycle

John Tuzo Wilson

300

Iceland was formed by which type of plate boundary

Divergent Plate Boundary

400

T/F plate tectonics move metres per year

False

500

What causes plates to move?

convection current

Hard Questions

100

What can plate tectonics cause?

Earthquakes

200

How many tectonic plate boundaries are there in Australia?

0

300

How many major plate tectonics are there?

7

400

The spreading zone in Iceland between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates

THINGVELLIR

500

A freshwater reptile whose fossil record was found in South America and Africa

Mesosaurus