Plate Tectonics and Seafloor spreading

Question 1

what causes a tsunami?

Accepted Answer

subducting plates, earthquakes

Question 2

What are the main pieces of evidence that supported the hypothesis of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Fossil evidence that spanned multiple land masses, The shapes of the continents fit together like a puzzle, Mountain ranges match up across continents

Question 3

What type of Plate Boundary Is This?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 4

The two types of crust are

Accepted Answer

continental, oceanic

Question 5

This man came up with Seafloor spreading during WWll

Accepted Answer

Henry Hess

Question 6

Where do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?

Accepted Answer

the ring of fire

Question 7

What type of Plate Boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 8

How many types of stresses on Earth's crust are there?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 9

Which instrument measures waves created by earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

seismograph

Question 10

Which type of crust is more dense?

Accepted Answer

oceanic

Question 11

What to scientists use to measure earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Seismograph

Question 12

What is the epicenter of an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

The location on Earth's surface directly above the focus

Question 13

Where are earthquakes most common?

Accepted Answer

Plate Boundaries

Question 14

Who discovered Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 15

What are the three types of stresses on rocks

Accepted Answer

Compression, Tension, and shearing

Question 16

What is a Earthquake?

Accepted Answer

An Earthquake is sudden ground movement.

Question 17

Who had the first Idea about Pangea

Accepted Answer

Alfre Wegener

Question 18

Number 11 is ....

Accepted Answer

Austrialian Plate

Question 19

What type of stress pulls Earth's crust apart?

Accepted Answer

Tension

Question 20

What type of Plate Boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 21

What was the name of Alfred Wegener's Book?

Accepted Answer

The Origin of Continents and Oceans

Question 22

What is a fault?

Accepted Answer

A crack in earths surface

Question 23

What is Pangaea

Accepted Answer

Pangaea is the theory of the giant super continent, Pangaea is the theory of the giant land mass

Question 24

Richter Scale

Accepted Answer

A scale, 1-10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake

Question 25

Number 1 on the Map is....

Accepted Answer

North American Plate

Question 26

What causes earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

When rock suddenly breaks along the fault, When two plates move against each other

Question 27

What Causes Plate Tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Convection

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