Basics
What page in the reference table has the map of tectonic plates
12
Plates colliding
Convergent
The process of divergent boundaries moving apart is called?
Sea-floor spreading
Where are plate tectonics located?
Everywhere
What ESSRT page has Earth's interior model?
11
Plates dividing
Divergent
How many continents are there?
7
How many tectonic plate boundaries are there in Australia?
0
Who first discovered plate tectonics
Alfred Wegener
Plates sliding parallel to each other
Transform
What layer of Earth do the tectonic plates make up?
Lithosphere
What forms on a continent during plate convergence?
Mountains and volcanoes
Tectonic plates are able to move because the Earth's lithosphere has a higher strength than the underlying...
asthenosphere
T/F plate tectonics move metres per year
False
What is the ring of fire?
A long chain of volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean.
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
The Earth's outer crust is divided into several plates that glide over the plastic-like and less rigid upper mantle.
What forms on the surface at a divergent plate boundary?
Rift/ridge
Plate Tectonic Movements are generated by the movement of what?
Convection currents in the mantle
What causes Plate tectonics to move?
Convection