What is the Continental Drift Theory?

Continents are constantly in motion

What is a hot spot volcano?

A volcano found in the middle of a plate due to a weak spot in the crust

When one plate is forced underneath the other

What is a divergent plate boundary?

Where two tectonic plates move away from each other

Evidence for Continental Drift: Rocks of same age and make-up are spread across several distantly spread continents

Distribution of Rocks and Structures

The last supercontinent that the current continents broke away from

How do mountains get built?

When two continental plates run into each other

Molten rock found at Earth's surface

What is an Igneous rock?

A rock that is formed from molten (liquid) and cooled rock

A unusually large sea wave caused by a natural disaster

What is a Sedimentary rock?

A rock that is formed from broken pieces of other rock

What is a Metamorphic rock?

A rock that is changed due to heat and pressure

What is the Ring of Fire?

The plate boundaries that ring the Pacific Rim b/c earthquakes + volcanoes

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Evidence for Continental Drift: Many fossils of the SAME species are spread across several distantly spread continents
Distribution of Fossils
Climate Zones
Distribution of Rocks and Structures
Fit of the Continents
2
Evidence for Continental Drift: The fact the continents today look like they go together like puzzle pieces.
Distribution of Rocks and Structures
Distribution of Fossils
Fit of the Continents
Climate Zones
3
What is a fossil?
Small pieces of rock and/or minerals
The remains, imprint or evidence of a living thing sometime in the past
A solid substance that forms naturally
Particles of sediment that settle to the bottom of a body of water
4
What is magma?
One plate subducting underneath another
Molten rock found at Earth's surface
Molten rock that is found under/in Earth's crust
When two plates move away from one another
5
What is the Continental Drift Theory?
Large earthquakes cause the continents to move
Large volcanic eruptions cause the continents to move
Continents are constantly in motion
Continents stay in the same spot over time
6
What is a hot spot volcano?
A volcano found in the middle of a plate due to a weak spot in the crust
Underwater volcanoe
A volcano that is extinct
A volcano found at a transform plate boundary
7
What is subduction?
When two plates rip away from each other
When one plate is forced underneath the other
When two plates move past one another
When two continental plates run into each other
8
Evidence for Continental Drift: evidence of past climates do not match current continent locations/distance from equator
Fit of the Continents
Distribution of Fossils
Climate Zones
Distribution of Rocks and Structures
9
What is a divergent plate boundary?
Where two tectonic plates move away from each other
Where two tectonic plates move toward each other
New rock being made from pieces of other broken down rock
Where two tectonic plates slip past each other in opposite directions
10
Evidence for Continental Drift: Rocks of same age and make-up are spread across several distantly spread continents
Distribution of Fossils
Climate Zones
Distribution of Rocks and Structures
Fit of the Continents
11
What kind of stress is found at a divergent plate boundary?
Compression
Shearing
Tention
None
12
At what type of plate boundary are most volcanoes located near?
Transform
Convergent
No plate boundary
Divergent
13
What is Pangea?
A dinosaur fossil
The last supercontinent that the current continents broke away from
A large underwater earthquake
A large underwater volcanic eruption
14
How much does an earthquakes' shaking increase with each whole number on the Richter scale?
1,000 times
10 times
1 time(s)
100 times
15
How do mountains get built?
When two oceanic plates run into each other
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate run into each orher
Only due to volcanic activity
When two continental plates run into each other
16
What is lava?
When two plates move away from one another
Molten rock that is found under/in Earth's crust
Molten rock found at Earth's surface
One plate subducting underneath another
17
What is an Igneous rock?
A rock that is changed due to heat and pressure
A rock that is formed from broken pieces of other rock
A rock that is formed from molten (liquid) and cooled rock
A space rock
18
Scientist theorize there have been several supercontinents in Earth's past
False
True
19
What is a tsunami?
The sudden release of molten rock from Earth's crust
The shaking of the ground due to the movement of rock in Earth's crust
A unusually large sea wave caused by a natural disaster
A flood associated with a hurricane
20
What kind of stress is found at a convergent plate boundary?
Tention
Compression
Shearing
None
21
What causes the continents/plates to move?
Seafloor spreading
Large volcanic eruptions
Earth's magnetic field
Large earthquakes
22
What is a Sedimentary rock?
A rock that is changed due to heat and pressure
A rock that is formed from broken pieces of other rock
A rock that is formed from molten (liquid) and cooled rock
A space rock
23
What is a Metamorphic rock?
A rock that is changed due to heat and pressure
A space rock
A rock that is formed from molten (liquid) and cooled rock
A rock that is formed from broken pieces of other rock
24
What kind of stress is found at a transform plate boundary?
Compression
Shearing
None
Tention
25
What is the Ring of Fire?
The volcanoes of the Cascade Range
The plate boundaries that ring the Pacific Rim b/c earthquakes + volcanoes
The Himilayas
A nickname for all volcanoes

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