DI-SC.7.E.6.5 Plate Tectonics

Tectonic plates move about as fast as your fingenails grow

These type of plates can cause mountains as they collide

What is the unifing theory of the field of Geology

The rocks found near the contenents were test and found to be ____________then those found at the Mid-Atlantic ridge

Alfred Wegener came up with this theory based on fossil and rock layer evidence

Pressure builds up on the Earths crust the longer it takes to release the lesser the earthquake

These type of plates can be the sight of earthquakes as they slide past each other

At a subduction zone which 2 plates converge?

At divergent boundries the plates slide past each other

The process happening where new rock is being formed at the Mid-Atlantic ridge is known as?

The rock cycle is part of plate tectonics

The Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean are Volcanos caused by subduction this type of rock erupts from the valcanos