The Basics Crust and Boundaries More About Boundaries Geologic Features Plate Movement, etc.
100
Africa and South America
Alfred Wegener observed that which two continents looked like they fit together?
100
Divergent Boundary
At this kind of plate boundary, tectonic plates pull away from each other
100
Convergent
At what kind of plate boundary does subduction happen?
100
Mid-ocean ridge
When tectonic plates pull apart underwater, this feature is created
100
It rises
When liquid or gas is heated, it becomes less dense, and this happens
200
The Mantle
What is the layer beneath the crust?
200
Convergent Boundary
At this kind of plate boundary, tectonic plates move toward each other
200
Divergent
At what kind of plate boundary is new crust created?
200
Deep Ocean trench
When an oceanic plate subducts under another oceanic plate, this feature is created.
200
Mantle Convection
The flow of material in the Earth's mantle drags tectonic plates around. What is this flow called?
300
Pangaea
The name for the super continent when all land was connected
300
Oceanic Crust
This kind of crust is dense, and rides low on the mantle
300
Transform
What kind of plate boundary experiences earthquakes, but has no specific geologic features?
300
Rift Valley
When tectonic plates pull apart on land, this feature is created
300
Volcano
What is a common geologic feature found at subduction zones between seafloor plate and continental plate?
400
Didn't know how it did it.
Why was the Continental Drift hypothesis of Wegner's not accepted?
400
Convergent
This kind of plate boundary caused the Himalayas.
400
Deep Sea Trench
What geologic feature will be found on the ocean floor at a subduction zone?
400
Iceland
This country sits on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
400
Mid-ocean Ridges
Where is the newest crust on the Earth found?
500
Near the equator or Tropics.
Fossils found in Antarctica shows that it used to be located where?
500
Transform Boundary
This kind of tectonic plate boundary runs through southern California
500
Mid-atlantic ridge
What did Harry Hess discover?
500
The Ring of Fire
The volcanoes that encompass the Pacific Ocean is called ___.
500
Seafloor
Before the work of Harry Hess, this was thought to be flat.






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