Mountain Movers Questions 1
Questions:
1. Plate Tectonics Activity
Describe what happens when you drag each arrow – how
does a moving plate affect the shape of the Earth?
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2. Intro to Plate Tectonic Theory
a. What is the Plate Tectonics Theory?
b. What was Pangea?
c. Where does plate tectonic activity occur?
M. Poarch -2002
http://science-class.net
Mountain Movers Questions 2
3. Sea Floor Spread (divergent boundary)
What causes the sea floor to spread apart?
4. The Continental Slide (convergent boundary)
Describe subduction:
5. Slippin’ and a Slidin’ (transform boundary)
Why do transform boundaries cause earthquakes?
6. The Continental Crush (collisional boundary)
Describe how mountains are made at collisional
boundaries:
7. Alfred Wegener –/ Wegener Proposes the Idea of
Continental Drift How did Wegener first get the idea of continental drift?
M. Poarch -2002
http://science-class.net
Mountain Movers Questions 3
8. Great Global Rift Discovered –
a. How is the Great Global Rift related to the Mid-Ocean
Ridge?
b. What are the “plates” in the Earth’s crust?
9. Hess proposes sea-floor spreading –
How did the discovery of sea-floor spreading help
explain continental drift?
10. Life is found near deep ocean vents
What kind of life is found near the ocean vents?
Describe these living things.
M. Poarch -2002
http://science-class.net