Plate Tectonics
W.E.D.
Topography
Continental Drift Theory
Evidence Thangs
100
volcanoes, ocean ridges, and trenches are often found near_________________________.
A. The Gulf of Mexico
B. Plate Tectonic Boundaries
C. Walmart
B. Plate Tectonic Boundaries
100
what plate boundary and land feature is shown?
Transform
Fault
100
Daily Double: Match these landforms (Earthquake, volcano, folded mountains, mid ocean ridge) with the correct boundary
Q Mid Ocean Ridge
R Volcano
S Folded Mountains
T Earthquake
100
What discovery caused scientists to rethink Wegener’s continental drift theory?
seafloor spreading
100
The discovery of rocks in Texas and Antartica that are the same age provide evidence of ______
A. Plate Tectonics
B. Glaciers
C. Oceanic Sea Creatures
A. Plate Tectonics
200
What causes pieces of the crust, known as tectonic plates, move?
Convection Currents
200
Which student correctly identified the geologic process that formed the Himalayan Mountains?
Student 1
200
Describe the plate movement that causes rift valleys to form?
Plates move away from each other AKA Divergent
200
Which came first: Continental Drift Theory or Plate Tectonic Theory?
Continental Drift Theory
200
This theory explains the moving of continents, but could not answer what made the land masses move.
A. Evolution
B. Natural Selection
C. Continental Drift
C. Continental Drift
300
The plate boundary located off the western coast of South American is an area of –
Convergent subduction because the plates are colliding
300
Which type of plate movement would cause the Andes Mountain Range to form?
Convergent
plates are currently converging, causing uplift and steep slopes.
300
Daily Double:The thick black lines on the map below show the locations of mid-ocean ridges. Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid-ocean ridge?
Volcano
300
These folded mountains form at what type of boundary?
Convergent
300
Which of the following is the plate movement that forms the Himalayas?
C
400
The plate boundary located between the South American and African Plate is an area of –
Divergent because the plates are pulling apart
400
Location 2 is most likely to cause: (erosion, deposition, new ocean floor to form)
What type of boundary is found at location 1
new ocean floor to form
Divergent
400
This crater is located in a flat, dry part of northeastern Arizona. How will this crater most likely change over time?
a. It will get deeper as it fills with water OR
b. It will become less deep as the rim erodes
B. It will become less deep as the rim erodes
400
This boundary shows:
Convergent/ Subduction
400
Thursday Triple: As the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface, building ridges- this is describing the formation of:
Seafloor Spreading/Mid Ocean Ridge
500
Which type of landform is located between the North American and Eurasian Plate in this map below?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
500
Daily Double: What is the difference in elevation between point X and point Z
450 m
500
Thursday Triple:
At location 6: oceanic crust is being (created or destroyed)
At location 4: which landform would you find (ridge, valley, trench, or mountain.)
Destroyed
Trench
500
This type of boundary may produce.
A. fossils
B. Sediments
C. Rift Valley
D. Volcanic Islands
D. Volcanic Islands
500
True or False:
The volcanoes form an island arc, indicate a converging plate boundary
True