Plate Tectonics, Continental Drift, Faults and Folds Chapter 7 Sections 1-4
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What type of mountain is formed at a subduction zone?
Row 1, Col 1 Volcanic Mountain What type of mountain is formed at a subduction zone?
What is the mountain range called that runs along the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?
2,1 Mid-Ocean or Mid-Atlantic Ridge What is the mountain range called that runs along the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?
What type of mountain is formed when tension causes blocks of rock to move downward?
3,1 Fault Block Mountain What type of mountain is formed when tension causes blocks of rock to move downward?
What type of mountain is formed when two tectonic plates collide?
4,1 Folded Mountains What type of mountain is formed when two tectonic plates collide?
The tallest mountains are which type?
5,1 Folded Mountains The tallest mountains are which type?
The boundary where two plates collide.
1,2 Convergent Boundary The boundary where two plates collide.
Boundary where plates move apart or away from each other.
2,2 Divergent Boundary Boundary where plates move apart or away from each other.
A boundary where two plates move past each other.
3,2 Transform Boundary A boundary where two plates move past each other.
Sea-floor spreading occurs at what type of boundary.
4,2 Divergent Boundary Sea-floor spreading occurs at what type of boundary.
What is created at a boundary where sea-floor spreading occurs?
5,2 New Ocean Floor What is created at a boundary where sea-floor spreading occurs?
A fault where the hanging wall moves down due to tension.
1,3 Normal Fault A fault where the hanging wall moves down due to tension.
A fault where two fault blocks move past each other
2,3 Strike Slip Fault A fault where two fault blocks move past each other
A fault where the hanging wall is forced upward due to compression.
3,3 Reverse Fault A fault where the hanging wall is forced upward due to compression
Stress that is caused when rock is pulled apart
4,3 Tension Stress that is caused when rock is pulled apart
Stress that is caused when rocks are pushed together
5,3 Compression Stress that is caused when rocks are pushed together
Theory that states that the continents have moved apart over millions of years, causing the same animal and plant fossils to be found on different continents
1,4 Theory of Continental Drift Theory that states that the continents have moved apart over millions of years, causing the same animal and plant fossils to be found on different continents
Theory that states that the Earth’s lithosphere (crust and mantle) move on top of the asthenosphere
2,4 The Theory of Plate Tectonics Theory that states that the Earth’s lithosphere (crust and mantle) move on top of the asthenosphere
Wegener’s name for the giant land mass that existed millions of years ago
3,4 Pangaea Wegener’s name for the giant land mass that existed millions of years ago
When one tectonic plate moves below another plate, this is formed
4,4 Subduction zone When one tectonic plate moves below another plate, this is formed
This causes Earth’s tectonic plates to move
5,4 Convection currents This causes Earth’s tectonic plates to move