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Plate Tectonics
Faults
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Anything Goes
100
The action of plates moving away from each other
What is a divergent plate boundary
100
Tensional force causes this type of fault.
What is the force that causes a normal fault?
100
The internal structure of the earth from the inner most to the outter most.
What does the following represent? Core (small inner ball); mantle (large ring around the core); crust (small ring around the mantle)
100
Volcanoes deposit lava making them this...
Why are volcanoes considered constructive?
100
Mrs. Green
Whose class is going to score lowest on this benchmark?
200
The action of plates colliding into one another
What is convergent plate boundaries?
200
Heat convection from the mantle causes this to happen.
What is the best way to explain why tectonic plates of Earth move?
200
The crust is this layer of Earth.
What is the solid layer of Earth that moves over a viscous (liquid like) layer called?
200
Describes the mantle of the Earth.
The largest layer between the crust and the outer core.
200
Mountains form where these types of plates collide.
What is two continental plates?
300
These types of plate boundaries most commonly occur at ocean ridges.
What is the location where divergent plate boundaries most commonly form?
300
A satellite image can help scientists locate the area where two plates have diverged by the showing the existence of these...
What is a rift valley?
300
Shifting rock layers cause this to happen.
What is the cause of earthquakes?
300
An oceanic plate colliding with a continential plate would most likely cause this to occur.
What is most likely to form a volcano?
300
The theory that modern land masses were once connected but moved apart.
What is a theory supported by the discovery of the same fossils on seperate continents?
400
Where mountains are most likely formed.
What is along plate tectonics?
400
Potential energy causes these to form.
What energy is released to form faults?
400
It generates seismic waves that spread out in all directions around Earth.
What is the result of an earthquake?
400
Plates moving over a hot spot where magma breaks through the crust is the reason these volcanoes were formed.
What is the reason the Hawaiian Islands were formed?
400
The process that must occur in the mantle to make plates move.
What is convection currents?
500
The region where two continental plates collide is where these geological features are most often formed.
What is a mountain chain?
500
The collission of two tectonic plates change the order of the rock layers.
What happens when rock layers are compressed forming faults and folds?
500
This is the location directly above the focus of an earthquake.
What is an epicenter?
500
Circulation currents in material beneath the crust of the Earth causes rock to melt into molten rock which cause this to move.
What causes crustal plates to move?
500
Miss Rogers
Whose class is going to score highest on this benchmark?