Pangea can be proved by...

climate evidence (proof of a different climate in the past than now), fossil evidence (similar remains of animals and plants across several areas, rock evidence (mountain chains that are similar and could connect)

What happens at the subduction zone?

The denser plate is forced underneath the less dense plate ?

Constructive boundary

Tectonic plates move apart and new land is created

What Happens in the Ring of Fire?

Where Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Occur

What are Plate Tectonics?

The theory of plates moving slowly over the mantle.

What is a transform boundary

When two plates slide past each other

What was Alfred Wegener's theory

The continents slowly drifted apart over time

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Tectonic Plates.... Not Bowls

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Pangea can be proved by...
climate evidence (proof of a different climate in the past than now)
fossil evidence (similar remains of animals and plants across several areas
rock evidence (mountain chains that are similar and could connect)
mid-atlantic ridge (caused by the same thing that caused it to seperate)
2
What is pangea...?
Super continent
Land
Volcano
Water
3
Alfred Wegener developed the
theory of continental drift
theory of moving earth
theory of plate tectonics
theory of continental plates
4
What happens at the subduction zone?
Magma rises through cracks in the Earth's surface?
Both plates are forced upwards (folding)?
Magma is collected?
The denser plate is forced underneath the less dense plate ?
5
What are divergent plate boundaries?
Plates that move apart
Plates that move past each other
Plates that don't move at all
Plates that move together
6
Is ocean to continent constructive or destructive
Destructive
Constructive
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What are convergent plate boundaries?
Plates the move together
Plates that don't move around at all
Plates that move apart
Plates that move past each other
8
Tectonic plates are on the:
Outer crust
Crust
Inner crust
Mantle
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Constructive boundary
Where tectonic plates move along side each other
where tectonic plates are forced together
Tectonic plates move towards each other, creating mountains
Tectonic plates move apart and new land is created
10
What Happens in the Ring of Fire?
All of the Above
Nothing
A Circus Starts
Where Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Occur
11
What is the ring of fire?
Ring of Volcanos around Pacific ocean
All of them
Major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes occur
The Ring of Fire traces the meeting points of many tectonic plates
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How many tectonic plates are there?
320
3
7
12
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What are Plate Tectonics?
The theory of plates moving slowly over the mantle.
The theory of mountain formation
The theory of plates subducting under the mantle.
The theory of Pangaea
14
What is one of the smallest plates?
Juan de Fuca Plate
Dorgo Zushow Plate
Eurasian Plate
Antarctic Plate
15
what is ring of fire caused by
volcanoes
earthquakes
genetics
the tectonic plates moved
16
What does a transform plate boundary make?
seafloor spreading
earthquakes
volcanoes
trenches
17
Plate Tectonics Is Caused By _______?
Magma Currents
Conduction Currents
Radiation Currents
Convection Currents
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Where is the Ring of Fire located??
African Plate
Pacific Plate
Cocos Plate
North American Plate
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What is a transform boundary
When two plates come together
WHen Scuba Steve breaks plate
When two plate break up
When two plates slide past each other
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Which is not a type of boundary?
Convergent
Indigent
Divergent
Transform
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What was Alfred Wegener's theory
The continents were always the way they were
The continents slowly drifted apart over time
The continents didn't drift apart, we've been living a lie
The continents drifted apart in 1 month
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Name the famous Transform Fault Boundary
San Andreas
The Mariana's Trench
Mount Everest
The Himalayas

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