Plate Tectonics Review Misc. Plate Tectonics Plate Evidence Earth's Interior Geologic Events Plate Boundaries

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 100 What was the super continent?

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 200 What two Earth layers make up a plate? Together, what are they called?

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 300 What are the two types of plates? Which type is more dense?

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 400 What is Plate Tectonics?

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 500 Explain what makes plates move.

Plate Evidence For 100 What plate tectonics evidence is visible from space?

Plate Evidence For 200 What geologic evidence is available to support the idea of plate tectonics?

Plate Evidence For 300 List three pieces of evidence that support plate tectonics?

Plate Evidence For 400 List four pieces of evidence that support plate tectonics and explain how each helps prove the idea.

Plate Evidence For 500 Who was the scientist that first proposed the idea of continental drift?

Earth's Interior For 100 What is the name of the layer that is the plates?

Earth's Interior For 200 What do you call the flows of magma inside the Earth that make the plates move?

Earth's Interior For 300 Explain how the interior of the Earth moves the plates?

Earth's Interior For 400 What is the source of heat that drives the convection currents?

Earth's Interior For 500 What is a subduction zone?

Plate Boundaries For 100 Explain what a plate boundary is.

Plate Boundaries For 200 What are the three possible movements for plate boundaries and the names of those movements?

Plate Boundaries For 300 Explain how the plates move and at some points in time were broken, thereby creating the plate boundaries.

Plate Boundaries For 400 Explain how continents form, and then, why there are plate boundaries.

Plate Boundaries For 500 Name all three types of plate boundaries and an event that can happen at each one.

Geologic Events For 100 At which boundary do earthquakes occur most often?

Geologic Events For 200 Why are transform boundaries often thought of when discussing earthquakes.

Geologic Events For 300 Explain two ways (indicating which is most common) that new crust is formed.

Geologic Events For 400 Explain all of the events that can occur at a convergent boundary and which plate combinations are involved with each event.

Geologic Events For 500 Explain why geologic events occur mostly at plate boundaries and one that doesn’t. (IE. - Hawaii)

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 100 A Pangaea, at one time in the Earth’s history all of the continents were pushed together into one large super continent.

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 200 A The Upper Mantle and the Earth’s Crust make the Lithosphere.

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 300 A Continental and Oceanic. Oceanic is denser, that is why it subducts below the continental at a convergent boundary.

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 400 A Plate Tectonics is the theory (there is evidence to support the idea) that the crust of the Earth is broken into chunks that float on the mantle and are moved by it.

Misc. Plate Tectonics For 500 A The hot core of the Earth heats the magma of the mantle. The magma is then less dense so then rises toward the surface creating convection currents. Those currents push the plates.

Plate Evidence For 100 A The shorelines of North and South America appear to fit together with Africa and Europe.

Plate Evidence For 200 A There are similar rocks in both South America and Africa. The rocks must have been “made”, (magma erupted and then cooled) at the same time, from the same lava flow. In order for that to happen the continents must have been together.

Plate Evidence For 300 A Similar rocks on different continents. Similar shorelines on different continents. Similar plant and animal fossils on different continents. Ocean animal fossils at high elevations. Tropical climate evidence at cooler latitudes. GPS and other technology. Sea floor formations. Similar rocks on different continents. Similar shorelines on different continents. Similar plant and animal fossils on different continents. Ocean animal fossils at high elevations. Tropical climate evidence at cooler latitudes. GPS and other technology. Sea floor formations.

Plate Evidence For 400 A Similar rocks on different continents indicates they had to be together when the rocks were formed. Similar shorelines on different continents indicates that they may have once been together. Similar plant and animal fossils on different continents indicate they must have been together when the plants and animals were alive. Ocean animal fossils at high elevations indicate that the rock that has the fossils in it must have once been ocean floor. Tropical climate evidence at cooler latitudes indicates that that portion of land must have moved over time.* (If the age of the fossils does not match other climate change evidence.) GPS and other technology actually show that the plates are moving. Sea floor formations indicate activity and direction of movement. Similar rocks on different continents indicates they had to be together when the rocks were formed. Similar shorelines on different continents indicates that they may have once been together. Similar plant and animal fossils on different continents indicate they must have been together when the plants and animals were alive. Ocean animal fossils at high elevations indicate that the rock that has the fossils in it must have once been ocean floor. Tropical climate evidence at cooler latitudes indicates that that portion of land must have moved over time.* (If the age of the fossils does not match other climate change evidence.) GPS and other technology actually show that the plates are moving. Sea floor formations indicate activity and direction of movement.

Plate Evidence For 500 A Alfred Wegener (This will not be on the test.) :) Alfred Wegener (This will not be on the test.) :)

Earth's Interior For 100 A The lithosphere.

Earth's Interior For 200 A Convection currents in the magma push the tectonic plates around the planet.

Earth's Interior For 300 A The hot core of the Earth heats the magma of the mantle. The magma is then less dense so it rises toward the surface creating convection currents. Those currents push the plates.

Earth's Interior For 400 A The heat from the core that is generated through gravitational contraction heat the magma of the upper mantle. This creates convection currents that flow upward toward the lithosphere and push the plates around the planet.

Earth's Interior For 500 A Convergent boundary areas at oceanic - oceanic and oceanic - continental plate combinations force one of the plates back into the mantle where it is melted

Plate Boundaries For 100 A A plate boundary is the place where the edges of two different plates meet.

Plate Boundaries For 200 A Convergent, plates moving toward each other. Divergent, plates moving apart. Transform, plates moving past each other. Convergent, plates moving toward each other. Divergent, plates moving apart. Transform, plates moving past each other.

Plate Boundaries For 300 A The magma of the mantle flows in convection currents. Those currents flow in many directions and push and sometimes break the tectonic plates.

Plate Boundaries For 400 A The sources of heat that kept the Earth mostly molten lessened over time. The magma cooled and hardened into solid crust creating microcontinents. The microcontinents combined to create larger continents. The borders between those continents are plate boundaries.

Plate Boundaries For 500 A Transform - Earthquakes and Faults. Converging - Volcanoes, Island Arcs, Deep Ocean Trenches, Earthquakes, and Mountains. Divergent - Ocean ridges and rift valleys. Transform - Earthquakes and Faults. Converging - Volcanoes, Island Arcs, Deep Ocean Trenches, Earthquakes, and Mountains. Divergent - Ocean ridges and rift valleys.

Geologic Events For 100 A Convergent boundaries.

Geologic Events For 200 A Shallow earthquakes often occur at transform boundaries which cause much property and infrastructure damage.

Geologic Events For 300 A New crust is mostly formed at divergent boundaries where the crust is splitting open allowing magma to escape, cool and harden into rock. This process happens anywhere magma reaches the surface of the Earth.

Geologic Events For 400 A Earthquakes occur because of plate and magma movement. Trenches form at subduction zones where one plate is pulled back into the Earth. Volcanoes are created when the plate that is subducted melts, expands, and pushes through the surface. Island arcs are essentially volcanoes that occur at plate boundaries that are further away from continents so the volcanoes create islands. Non-volcanic mountains happen only at continental - continental plate combination boundaries when two of those plates converge. (Earthquakes too.) All other events listed here can occur at oceanic - oceanic or oceanic - continental plate combination boundaries. Earthquakes occur because of plate and magma movement. Trenches form at subduction zones where one plate is pulled back into the Earth. Volcanoes are created when the plate that is subducted melts, expands, and pushes through the surface. Island arcs are essentially volcanoes that occur at plate boundaries that are further away from continents so the volcanoes create islands. Non-volcanic mountains happen only at continental - continental plate combination boundaries when two of those plates converge. (Earthquakes too.) All other events listed here can occur at oceanic - oceanic or oceanic - continental plate combination boundaries.

Geologic Events For 500 A Geologic events mostly occur at plate boundaries because of the bumping and pushing that occurs there between plates. Hawaii is and example of a geologic “hot spot”. The mantle is very hot in such places which causes reoccurring volcanoes. Geologic events mostly occur at plate boundaries because of the bumping and pushing that occurs there between plates. Hawaii is and example of a geologic “hot spot”. The mantle is very hot in such places which causes reoccurring volcanoes.