Plate Tectonics

What could a scientist infer from finding fish fossils on top of a mountain?

What type of plate boundary is represented by the illustration?

Which statement best describes convection in the mantle?

What proof do we have for the theory of plate tectonics?

Why do so many earthquakes and volcanoes occur in the region known as the "Ring of Fire"? (2 possible answers)

Which feature is at point A? (Where crust sinks into the mantle)

Which of the following is NOT a part of the theory of plate tectonics?

What evidence do scientists have to support the idea that the continents were once joined together?

Which feature usually forms along a divergent plate boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Which of the following causes the slow movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

What fact about volcanoes is simply just NOT true?

The theory of plate tectonics explains...

Jason looked at a map of the ocean floor and saw a mid-ocean ridge. How did the ridge form?

Scientific theories by definition MUST

Which of the following pieces of evidence does NOT support the theory of continental drift?

Along what type of plate boundary might a mountain range form?

Name the plate boundary that involves a collision of two plates.

Why might California and Alaska have more earthquakes than Ohio and Florida?

Where does MOST of Earth's seismic activity occur?

What occurs when plates get stuck at a boundary, later snapping free and releasing energy?

Earth's crust can change over time along fault lines. What is a fault?

What might happen if additional support was found to support the theory of plate tectonics?

What is being shown at point A on the diagram as a result of energy being released.