Science Stuff
Stuff from the Earth
Mystery Row
Rocks and Dirt
Tectonic Trivia
100
True of False: The Lithosphere is smooth without any cracks or faults
False
100
This is the name of a theory of how plates move
Theory of Plate Tectonics
100
Pangea broke up because of this....
A. Volcanoes
B. Plate tectonics
C. Dinosaurs were hit with a asteroid
B. Plate tectonics
100
When 2 plates carrying continental crust collide, what is made
Mountains
100
What kind of boundary is this
Convergent
200
The Lithosphere is broken up into
A. Plates
B. Faults
C. Oceans
A. Plates
200
Plates tectonics states that the earth's plates are moving very fast, up to 100 miles a year
This is false. State the correct answer
they move very slow, about an inch a year
200
These are breaks in the Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
Faults
200
What happens when two plates suddenly slip past each other?
Earthquake
200
How was this formed?
By plates colliding together
300
Plates move apart from each other at this kind of boundary
Divergent
300
What drives the plates motion?
Convection currents
300
Name one change to the Earth that plate movements can cause.
Bonus points for more than 1
Volcanoes
Mountain ranges
Deep Ocean Trenches
300
It shows the lithosphere is broken up into plates all around the Earth
300
What is this developing in the Earth?
A Rift Valley
400
Plates come together at this kind of boundary
Convergent
400
During subduction, where are the plates driven down to?
A. The crust
B. The Mantle
C. A rift
B. Mantle
400
Most divergent boundaries occur at the ....
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Ring of Fire
Mid-Ocean Ridge
400
These plates are slipping past each other. What kind of boundary is it?
Transform
400
This is the name of the area in the Pacific Ocean where there is a ring of volcanoes?
(Bonus: Who sings the song?)
Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash
500
Plates slip past each other at this kind of boundary?
Transform
500
Plates move a few ________________ a year
A. Miles
B. Light years
C. Centimeters
C. Centimeters
500
Divergent boundaries can cause these type of valleys?
Rift valleys
500
These plates are moving apart. What kind of boundary is it?
Divergent
500
What is the name of the lowest known spot on Earth?
Mariana Trench