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Plate
Tectonics
Sea-Floor
Spreading
Vocabulary Weather &
Erosion
Contour
Maps
Plate Tectonics for $100
A divergent boundary is where the plates move
______________ from each other.
Away
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A plate boundary where the plates move together or crust is destroyed as one plate dives under is called a(n) ________________ boundary.
Convergent
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Plate boundaries that slide against each other often form faults are called a(n)
_________ boundary.
Transform
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When two continental plates collide or converge
_____________ are formed .
Mountains
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What causes the plates motion and where does this happen?
Convection currents in the upper mantle cause the plates to move.
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The process in which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the sea floor.
Sea-floor spreading
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What are the two types of crust?
Oceanic and
Continental
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Which crust is the most dense?
Oceanic
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What occurs when continental and ocean crust collide? (what is the process called?)
Subduction
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What are the three ways plates interact?
Transform,
Divergent,
Convergent
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What are the remains of once living organisms called?
Fossils
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A person who studies fossils is a….
Paleontologist
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The name of the single land mass that broke apart 225 million years ago into what is now our continents.
Pangaea
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The large pieces that the Earth’s lithosphere is broken into are called…
Plates
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A break or crack in the earths lithosphere along which rocks move is a….
Fault
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Weather and Erosion for $100
The cycle which has caused the continents to change shape is what cycle?
W-W-W
Weathering
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What are the three steps in the weathering cycle?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
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The process by which water, wind, ice or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil is….
Erosion
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Give an entire example of the weathering cycle.
Many possible answers…
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What were the last two continents to break apart?
South America
And
Africa
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Contour Maps for $100
What do contour maps tell us about landforms?
Their Elevation
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When lines are really close together, what does it mean?
The area is steep.
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What color are highways on a contour map?
Red
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On this map what can the highest elevation be?
349
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What is the contour interval on the map?
10
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Who theorized the idea of plate tectonic?
Alfred
Wegener
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