Tectonic Plates
What is the name of the theory that describes plate movement.
The continental drift
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
What is Isostatic Adjustment?
The lithosphere rising and falling until it's balanced
Say you're in a race... If you pass the person in 2nd place, what place are you in?
2nd
Who invented the continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegner
What tectonic plate is Australia on?
Indo-Australian Plate
What type geological formation does convergent boundaries make?
Mountain Ranges
The rising of mountains due to Isostatic Adjustment
Uplift
I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old.
What am I?
What piece of evidence led to the belief of plate tectonics and the continental drift?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Plate Boundaries line up
Same type of fossils in different areas
15
If two plates are splitting apart, they are...
Diverging
3 types of rock stress
1. Compression
2. Tension
3. Shear
A needle
What tectonic plate do we live on?
North American plate
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
Transform
The response to stress by breaking or fracturing
Brittle
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom
What is the lithosphere?
Part of the crust and the upper mantle.
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Convection currents
What type of plate boundary is responsible for the Himalayas?
Convergent Boundaries
Fold where the youngest layers are at the center of the fold
Syncline
No matter how much it rains it never gets wetter. What is it?
Water
Is water wet?
No