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1
What causes paleomagnetic stripes to form the on the ocean floor
Earths magnetic field has been getting stronger over mil yrs
Earths magnetic field reverses while sea floor spreading occ
Different types of rock form in the different locations.
Earthquakes cause earths magnetic field to reverse
2
What layer of the earth does this occur?
Out core
Mantle
The crust
Inner core
3
What is divergent boundary?
A boundary when 2 plates that are moving apart
a Linear feature that can break 2 tectonic plates
a moving linear feature that exist between 2 tectonic plates
when 2 plates are not moving
4
What is this an example of?
A landslide
A hurricane
A tsunami
A earthquake
5
True or false: Divergent boundary is caused the Continental drift
False
True
6
What happens when divergence occurs?
land masses separate eventually holding its place until now
Wegener theory of the plates moving away from each other
rift crack and water enters forming a sea becoming an ocean
tectonic plates converge creating mountains ranges
7
What feature forms near divergent boundaries between two pieces of continental crust?
continental rift valley
canyon
mid-ocean ridge
Non volcanic mountains
8
What causes seafloor spreading to occur?
New crust forms at divergent boundaries moving old crust out
New crust forms as plates move over hotspot
Old crust pushes new crust towards divergent boundaries
Old crust is destroyed at divergent boundaries.
9
What feature forms near divergent boundaries between two pieces of continental crust?
continental rift valley
non-volcanic mountain
Mid-Ocean ridge
Canyon
10
What are you likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
Mountain
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Rift and Fault Block Mountain
Island Arc