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Plate Boundary
Weathering/Erosion
Sea-Floor Spreading
Transition Fossils/Misc.
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100
This boundary occurs when two plates collide
What is convergent boundary
100
This occurs when sediments are added to a landmass or area
What is deposition
100
What activity did we do to show sea floor spreading
What is pulled two strips of paper between two desk and drew fossils on them.
100
Share briefly about your transitions fossil...include a feature
What is ..............
100
How are mountains formed?
What is convergent plate boundaries
200
This boundary occurs when two plates are pulled apart
What is divergent boundary
200
This is the breakdown of rocks due to exposure to the Earth's atmosphere
What is weathering
200
What pushes up through the sea floor?
What is magma
200
Describe how wind erosion effects people in Iowa
What is topsoil of fields for farming is eroded away....other answers possible
200
Can sea floor spreading create large mountain ranges?
What is YES some bigger than Mt. Everest!
300
This boundary happens when plates slide past each other....grinding effect
What is transform boundary
300
The process in which soil and rocks are removed due to wind and water
What is erosion
300
What types of rocks are usually formed where sea floor spreading occurs?
What is igneous
300
How can farmers prevent water erosion in their crop fields?
What is terraces and grass buffer strips
300
What is the largest area of sea floor spreading in the world called ??
What is the mid-atlantic ridge
400
Earthquakes mostly occur at this type of boundary...
What is transform boundary
400
Name one geologic land form, its location, and how it was made....
What is EXAMPLE Grand Canyon, Arizona, Colorado River
400
Transition fossil provide evidence of mammals movement from __________ to __________.
What is water to land.
400
How does a tsunami occur?
What is displacement of land causes a large wave...can be from an Earthquake
500
How do fossils help provide evidence of sea floor spreading
What is the fossils move apart over time because new sea floor continues to push outward
500
Where is the Crystal Cave of Giants located? How was it made?
What is located in Mexico and formed when magma heats up ground water becomes saturated with minerals.
500
Do we still find animals similar to the transition fossils we researched?
What is yes! Lizards/alligators
500
Can weathering, deposition, and erosion be a good thing?
What is YES...deposition of sediments can help provide nutrients for down stream species.
500
Explain how volcanoes, landslides, earthquakes, and tsunamis can all occur around the same times...why!?
What is volcano erupts.....mountainside shakes...earthquake...causes landslide....off edge of island into water....tsunami then travels across ocean....