Tectonic Plate Interactions
Pangea began to break apart how long ago ?
200 Million Years ago
The outer, rocky layer of Earth that we live on and observe directly is the ..
Crust
Name of the super continent ?
Magnetic North and True North are always the same. (True or False)
False
There are 2 different types of crust .. (True or False)
True
During ___________ plates move apart?
Seafloor Spreading
What part of the earth makes up two-thirds of the Earth's mass ?
Mantle
What German scientist first discovered continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
True North is a fixed location (True or False)
True
Continental Crust is Denser that Oceanic Crust ..
False
What forms when two plates move apart ?
Divergent Boundary
Continental and Oceanic crust make up the brittle part of Earth called the ...
Lithosphere
Who provided information to create the first world maps ?
Sailors & Explores
New Oceanic Crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges through the process of ______________
Seafloor spreading
Continental Plates are made up what type of rock?
Felsic or Granitic
What forms when two plates move together ?
Convergent Boundary
Convection occurs as what type on energy ?
Thermal Energy
What book did Alfred Wegener publish based his discoveries ?
The Origin of Continents and Oceans
Tectonic Plates that are consistently moving together and apart is known as what ?
Tectonic Plate Theory
Oceanic Plates are made of what type of rock?
Basaltic Rocks
What consist of a series of volcanoes and fissures that form along a divergent boundary?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
_______________ is a type of heat transfer that occurs in liquids, gases, and solids.
Convection
_________ forms when 2 plates slide past one another parallel to the plate boundary
Transform Boundary
Mid-Ocean Ridges are oceanic rift zones that consist of long mountain chains along a what ?
a Central Rift Valley or Rift Valley
The convergence of 2 continental plates create what ?
Mountain-Building