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Plate Boundaries
Volcanoes
Folding and Faulting
Plate Tectonics
Grab Bag
100
Plate boundary in which the plates move towards each other.
What is a Convergent Boundary
100
Volcanic material that is produced when magma is erupted into the air and solidifies before it reaches the ground.
What is Pyroclastic Material
100
Formed when rock bends
What is a fold
100
Scientist who came up with the theory of "Continental Drift"
Who is Alfred Wegner
100
Name for the region surrounding the Pacific Ocean where a lot of volcanoes occur
What is The Ring Of Fire
200
Specific type of boundary responsible for creating mid-ocean ridges
What is Oceanic - Oceanic Divergence
200
Broad, domed volcanoes that are produced by the eruption of basaltic magmas
What are Shield Volcanoes
200
The fold that would look the top of a hill
What is an anticline
200
Name of the process that describes how an oceanic plate will sink down into the mantle when it converges with another plate.
What is Subduction
200
Type of Stress that deforms rock at convergent boundaries
What is Compression
300
Two landforms associated with Oceanic-Continental Convergence
What are volcanoes and a deep sea trench?
300
Magma that has a low viscosity and dissolved gas content
What is Basaltic Magma
300
Type of formed when the hanging wall moves down in relation to the foot wall
What is a Normal fault
300
What were 2 of the 3 pieces of evidence that supported the idea of "Continental Drift"
What are Matching fossils found on different continents Matching rocks types found on different continents Ancient Climates
300
Name for a large region of magma that cools and solidifies under the surface of the earth
What is Batholith
400
All members of your group must do the plate boundary dance to get points for this question.
What is super fun
400
Short, steep sided volcanoes that are formed over the course of a couple of months to a couple of years.
What are Cinder Cones
400
A low angle compression fault similar to a reverse fault
What is a thrust fault
400
The mechanism (process) that is responsible for plate motion.
What is Convection in the Earths Mantle
400
Volcanic feature formed when the magma chamber of a volcano empties and collapses
What is a Caldera
500
Type of boundary formed that broke up the supercontinent Pangea
What is a Continental-Continental Divergent Boundary
500
Name two composite volcanoes mentioned in class. You can't use Mt. St. Helens
What are, Pinatubo, Pelee, Montserrat, Vesuvius, Ranier, Fuji
500
Fault formed when the movement is parallel to the face of the fault.
What is a Strike-Slip Fault
500
Paleomagnetism produced these features on the ocean floor
What are Magnetic strips on the ocean floor
500
Parts of the Rocky Mountains are considered this type of mountain
What are Fault-block Mountains