Earths Spheres and Plate Tectonics

The movement of two continents when they are moving away from each other is best explained by

A scientist used a stream table to determine the flow of water. Which earth system was studied?

What is the type of boundary most likely a result in Earth’s crust going through the process of subduction?

The _____________________ includes organisms living on Earth and their environments.

What supports the theory of Continental Drift?

A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary?

What is the name of a boundary where plates slide past one another?

What is the name Wegener used for the “super continent” he described?

What is Henry Hess’s theory about the formation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

What is the name of Wegener’s theory about position of Tectonic Plates?

The study of the Ozone Layer would be a study of which of Earth’s Systems?

______________________ is evidence that the seafloor is spreading.

The Ring of Fire is a long chain of volcanoes that circles the Pacific Ocean. What is the best explanation for this?

What occurs at a divergent boundary between plate tectonics?

What causes plates to move?

What is the area where an ocean plate slips below a continental plate?

Earth’s Crust would best be modeled by using a material that is:

This layer of Earth is the only layer considered to be all liquid

The lithosphere includes which two layers of Earth?

Seafloor Spreading is caused by which type of plate boundary?

This Earth System includes Volcanoes, Mountains and Canyons

What is most likely a result of a divergent boundary?

These are chains of ridges and valleys that stretch along Earth’s Ocean Floor?

What forms when two continental plates collide with one another?

What happens when plates slide past one another?

The Hydrosphere includes