Plate Tectonics/Hydrosphere

Plate Tectonics

100

This plate boundary occurs when two plates scrape and slide past each other?

Transform Boundaries

200

This is the name of the 'supercontinent' that existed millions of years ago.

Pangea

300

This is a point where one plate slides beneath another one:

Subduction Zone

400

This is the name of the theory that suggested that continents were once one single landmass that broke apart and drifted over time

Continental Drift Theory

500

The name of the scientist credited with the theory of continental drift

Alfred Wegener

Plate Tectonics Pt.2

100

This is an area where two plates collide

Convergent Boundary

200

This type of event can occur due to transform boundaries moving against each other

Earthquakes

300

This is an area where two plates pull apart from each other

Divergent Boundary

400

What are the two types of landforms that can form from two plates colliding with each other?

Volcanoes, Mountains

500

This type of landform occurs when two plates separate; most commonly found on the ocean floor where new crust develops

Rift valley or mid-ocean ridge

Watersheds & Aquifers

100

This is an area where water drains to a common location

Watershed

200

This is an underground layer below the surface that holds groundwater

Aquifer

300

What type of feature defines the boundaries of a watershed? Sometimes in-between two high points..

Divide

400

Name 3 types of surface water

Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, springs

500

This type of man-made structure can deface an area where a watershed or river flows into an ocean and can stop fish from migrating

Dam

Impacts on Oceans

100

When coral expels its algae and harms its ability to survive

Coral Bleaching

200

Name 1 type of human impact on ocean systems

pollution, overfishing, coral bleaching, etc

300

Where does the highest percentage of ocean pollution come from?

Runoff from land

400

This is an area of ocean that is struggling to survive due to low oxygen levels

Dead Zone

500

This occurs when fish are being taken out of their habitats/ecosystems faster than they can reproduce

Overfishing

Random

100

This type of heat transfer occurs when two objects are sharing heat due to direct touch

Conduction

200

This word describes when two or more substances make up a molecule or chemical equation

Compound

300

Give one example of a chemical change

Answers vary

400

This scientific law explains how an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force

Newton's First Law of Motion

500

This is a vast, spherical shell of icy objects beyond the Kuiper Belt that surrounds the entire solar system; often believed to be shaped like a donut

Oort Cloud