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Plate Boundaries and Continental Drift

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Describe how the mechanism of plate tectonics helps the Earth release heat from it's creation.
Use complete sentences and as much detail as possible.

What are the 3 lines of evidence for Wegener's theory of continental drift?  (look at your notes page 1)

Rocks

Ridges

Sonar

Bathymetry

Fossils

Magnetic Field

Seismology

Puzzle piece continental shape

What mechanism makes plates move that Wegener didn't know about?

Conduction of the mantle

Convection of the mantle

Convection of the outer core

Radiation from the sun

Which picture is a convergent boundary?

A

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C

Which picture is a divergent boundary?

A

B

C

Which picture is a transform boundary?

A

B

C

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Sea-floor spreads apart at both sides of a _____ as new crust is added.

mid-ocean ridge

rift valley

trench

mountain

Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?

Pangea

Wilson

Hess

Wegener

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What process is shown in this picture?

Subduction

Mountain Building

Seafloor Spreading

Rifting

What causes this process?

Convection in the core

Growth of the crust caused by sea floor spreading

Density differences of Earth's layers

Radiation from the Sun

What features occur at this type of boundary? (choose more than one)

Earthquakes

New Seafloor

Islands

Trench

Mountains

Lakes

Volcanoes

What type of boundary is it?

Constructive

Destructive

Neither

Both

What feature is this?

Volcano

Rift valley

Mountains

What process is shown in this picture?

Thinning of the crust

Subduction

Trench creation

Mountain Building

What other features occur at this type of boundary? (choose more than one)

Islands

Earthquakes

Lakes/Seas

Mountains

Trench

Volcanoes

New Crust

What type of boundary is this?

Constructive

Destructive

Neither

Both

What process is shown in this picture?

Subduction

Rifting

Mountain Building

Seafloor Spreading

What type of boundary is this?

Tranform

Oceanic

Convergent

Divergent

What features occur at this type of boundary? (choose more than one)

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Trench

New Seafloor

Mountains

Islands

Lakes

What type of boundary is this?  

Convergent

Transform

A pretty one

Divergent

What are caused by these types of boundaries?

Volcanoes

New Seafloor

Earthquakes

Mountains

Trench

Islands

Lakes

What type of boundary is this?

Constructive

Destructive

Neither

Both

What does the red in the picture represent?

The oldest crust where it is being destroyed.

The youngest crust that is being created.

The areas where two plates are converging.

The magnetic reversals of Earth's history.

What kind of boundaries are the red areas.

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

Subduction

What geologic feature are the Hawaiian islands?

Volcanic island chain

Volcanic mountain chain

Hot spot

Mid-ocean ridge

What tectonic activity created Hawaii?

It is a subduction zone that makes volcanoes as the oceanic crust melts under another oceanic crust.

It is an area of sea-floor spreading that creates volcanoes as two plates diverge.

It is an area of transform boundaries; two plates are pushing past each other and creating volcanoes as they go.

It is a hot spot that originates from the core and stays still  as the plate moves over it creating volcanoes.

The gif shows which process occurring?

Seafloor Spreading

Continental Drift

Subduction

Convergent boundary

What type of plate boundary is represented?

Transform

Convergent

Divergent

Subductive

What kind of boundary is this?

Constructive

Destructive

Neither

Both