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Plate Tectonics Game-Drew Merder
Plate Tectonics Game-Drew Merder
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Why was Alfred Wegethe ner‘s theory of the continental drift denied?
He couldn’t explain the force that pushes the Continents
He couldn’t explain how subduction happened
He couldn’t explain how dinosaurs died
He couldn’t explain how he was smart
2
When all of the plates were together, what were they called?
Panga
Pangaea
Panhea
Plangea
3
Tectonic plates can create what?
Earth Quakes
Mountain Ranges
Trenches
All of the Above
4
Approximatly hlow much do plates move a year?
A yard
A fingernail
100 feet
A foot
5
How many
Minor
tectonic plates are there in the world?
17
12
6
5
6
A
Transform Boundary
happens when...
Plates Move Apart
Plates Move Into one another
Plates Move Sideways
Plates Burn
7
Earths plate movement is caused by what?
Ice
Heat
Convection currents
Slow-churning currents in the mantle
8
A convergent boundary can create what?
Another inner core
Volcanoes
Mountians
Air gaps
9
the pacific plate holds the Hawaiian islands, but how were they formed?
Lava
Volcano
Hotspots
Mountains
10
What
layer
of the earth moves the tectonic plates?
Lithosphere
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Crust
11
Where plates serving landmasses
collide
, the crust
crumples
and
buckles
into...
Sink hole
Mountain Ranges
Valleys
Volcanoes
12
What
layer
of the earth makes up the tectonic plates?
Asthenosphere
Listhenosphere
Mantle
Lithosphere
13
Plates make up the Earths wha?
outer shell
Inner shell
Mantle
Lithosphere
14
If plates are constantly growing, why is the world not getting any bigger?
They Dessinagrate
They are getting subducted
they are Disappearing
They are Dissolving
15
When a transform boundary occurs, what can happen?
All of the above
Earthquakes
Huge stresses
Faults
16
What plate were the Hawaiian Islands formed on?
Pacific Plate
Hawaiian Plate
Southern Plate
Atlantic Plate
17
How many
Major
plates are in the world
6
5
4
7
18
Where is the
Newest
crust located in the world
Mountain
Deep ocean trench
Mid-Ocean ridge
Volcano
19
A
Convergent Boundary
happens when...
Plates Fly
Plates Move Sideways
Plates Move Apart
Plates Move into one another
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A
Divergent Boundary
happens when...
Plates Move Sideways
Plates Sink
Plates move Apart
Plates Move Into one another
