Chapter 5 Plate Tectonics

What three things are part of the sequence of sea-floor spreading?

What process adds more crust to the ocean floor?

Subduction occurs when what kind of plates are involved?

Identify four forms of evidence Wegener used to support his idea of continental drift.

Japan and New Zealand are examples of a string of volcanic mountains called______________,

The collision of two continental plates (continental-continental) can create what landform?

How is heat transferred inside Earth and how is heat transferred from the sun to Earth?

Name the type of boundary, the land feature created and process at "C".

A ___________ is any trace of an ancient organism preserved in rock.

How is energy from the sun transferred

Name the type of boundary, the land feature created and process at "A"..

____________ is a device that scientists use to map the ocean floor.

What is the evidence scientists found for sea-floor spreading?

Which process or processes change the size and shape of the ocean?

What is the motion of Earth’s plates like?

The San Andreas fault is an example of which kind of boundary?

Which feature does not form at a convergent boundary?

How does heat move?

What three things cause convection currents in Earth's mantle?

The collision of two oceanic plates (oceanic-oceanic) can create what two landforms?

What is the difference between magma and lava?

A major volcanic belt known as the _________________________ circles the Pacific Ocean.

Where does subduction occur?

The collision of two plates, one oceanic and one continental (oceanic-continental) can create what two landforms?

In which locations would you likely find some volcanic activity?

Which theory describes the motion of and force driving Earth’s plates?

Which layer or layers inside Earth have convection currents?

As a continent moves closer to the poles, its climate gets____________________.

What feature is the longest mountain ranges on Earth?

As a continent moves closer to the equator, its climate gets____________________.