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What is Wegener's first name, the man who first started the plate tectonics theory.
Alfred
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How do plate tectonics cause earthquakes?
The plates shift causing the ground to shake
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What mountain type is missing: Fold Volcanic -----------
Block
100
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volcanoes
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What plates destroys crust
Convergent
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What led to the development of plate tectonics
Mid Atlantic Ridge
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Earthquakes
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What is a fold mountain?
When plates collide and a plate buckles and folds and then forms a mountain
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What kind of energy can plate tectonics cause/make
Geothermal
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Which plate generates new crust
Divergent
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What is some evidence of this theory
Shape of continents Fossils Rock types Ancient climate patterns
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What is the Ring of Fire
The most seismically and volcanic-ally active zone in the world
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Which mountain is formed by a volcanoes eruption?
Volcanic
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What long term effect from a volcanic eruption is good for people on earth
fertile soil
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What are the 3 plate boundaries
convergent divergent tranform
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What two men helped Wegener with his theory
Arthur Holmes and Harry Hess
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What are three major disasters plate tectonics cause?
Earthquakes Tsunamis Volcanoes
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What is a graben?
depressed land bordered by a horst
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What is found near plate boundaries?
natural resources
400
What are the three types on convergent boundaries?
oceanic-oceanic oceanic-continental continental-continental
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In what century did Alfred Wegener start his theory of plate tectonics
19th century
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How do plate tectonics cause tsunamis
Underwater earthquakes occur causing the ocean to shake and water to form a huge wave
500
What is a horst?
Raised fault line
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Where do you get geothermal energy
heat from volcanoes
500
What plate boundary is located in Iceland
Divergent