Plate Boundaries
Boundary where plates drift APART...
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
This is where two tectonic plates meet...
PLATE BOUNDARY
Who first proposed the idea of Continental Drift?
ALFRED WEGENER
Transform plate boundaries are known for generating large ________________????
EARTHQUAKES
How many episodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy were made?
100
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When plates COLLIDE, a ______________ boundary forms.
CONVERGENT
Which of Mr. Bush's eyes is fake?
LEFT EYE
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Where was Alfred Wegener from?
GERMANY
An earthquake or landslide that occurs underwater can create a __________________.
TSUNAMI
What layer of the Earth are we on right now?
The CRUST
Forms when 2 plates slide or grind past one another side by side...
TRANSFORM plate boundary
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
As plates drift apart, magma rises to fill the void, cools and solidifies to form new rocky land.
The theory of Continental Drift proposed that Earth once had a giant supercontinent called ______________.
PANGEA
The funniest TV Show of all time is???
The Office
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The MANTLE consists of molten ______________.
MAGMA
Which major plate boundary do we live near?
SAN ANDREAS
OCEANIC crust collides with OCEANIC crust... what is formed here???
DEEP OCEAN TRENCH
VOLCANIC ISLAND ARC
ISLAND CHAIN
About how long ago did Pangea exist?
330 MILLION YEARS
How was Iceland created????
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
VOLCANOES
LAVA
True or False: Earth's inner core is primarily liquid
FALSE
The inner core is a hot, dense ball of mostly iron. It has a radius of about 758 miles. Temperature in the inner core is about 9,392° Fahrenheit
OCEANIC
What year did Moore Middle School first open?
1966
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At a DIVERGENT boundary, rock gets _______________ as you move further away from the boundary.
OLDER
The California coastline is part of a massive round pattern of earthquakes and volcanoes called _________________________.
The RING OF FIRE
Which layer is a little gooey, allowing the crust to slide around on top of it?
ASTHENOSPHERE