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Plate Tectonics, Earth's Layers, and Waves
Plate Tectonics, Earth's Layers, and Waves
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1
The majority of earthquakes happen
along the plate boundaries
as a result of the friction of plates rubbing together.
in Chile
exactly when they are predicted
2
Which waves are the least destructive? Why?
P: they started with the least amount of energy
S: waves because they move side to side
Surface waves because they take so long to get there
P : they move the direction that a house is the strongest
3
Magnetism helps to support the Theory of Plate Tectonics because
Wegener discovered it
The ocean floor has symmetrical patterns of magnetic change
Marie Tharp discovered the "Zebra Stripes"
The liquid Outer Core creates the magnetic field
4
This type of crust is least dense and thickest:
Continental Crust
Mantle Crust
Oceanic Crust
Core Crust
5
How do we know that the Earth is in layers?
A void of seismic waves in the Earth: Shadow Zone
We have drilled into the mantle and collected samples
Wegener's theories and collected data
Is the Earth in layers?
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True or False: Seattle is currently moving West (ish) on the North American Plate
False
True
7
Mountain Ranges like the Himalayas (Mt. Everest) are made at this type of boundary:
Continental-Continental Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Continental-Oceanic Convergent
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This layer is most dense:
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
Crust
9
This part of the Mantle contains convection currents:
Asthenosphere (Middle Mantle)
Inner Core
Lithosphere
Lower Mantle
10
This is the inner-most layer of the Earth:
Inner Core
Inner Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
11
A rising column of mantle sits below this type of boundary
Divergent
Continental-Continental Convergence
Transform
State
12
What is the order of seismic waves shown on the seismogram?
P waves, Surface waves, S waves
P waves, S waves, Surface waves
Surface waves, P waves, S waves
S waves, P waves, Surface waves
13
Mt. Rainier is found at this type of boundary:
Continental-continental convergent
Oceanic-oceanic convergent
Oceanic-Continental Convergent
Transform
14
Trenches are found at this type of boundary:
Continental-Continental Convergent
Continental-Oceanic Convergent
Divergent
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent
15
When an oceanic and an oceanic plate converge....
They create a mountain
The younger one subducts the older one
They create a fracture zone
The older one subducts the younger one
16
The idea the continents were at one time a supercontinent called Pangaea is called:
Drifting Earth Hypothesis
Wandering Earth Theory
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Theory of Continental Drift
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Two plates sliding past each other (like in California) is this type of boundary:
Excellent
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
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The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is at this type of boundary:
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Moonish
19
The oldest section of lithosphere are...
At the divergent boundary
At the subduction zones along the Continents
Closest to the ridge
Farthest from the ridges
20
One piece of evidence used to support the Continental Drift Hypothesis was:
Glacial Deposits
Meteor Fragments
Glossopteris Fossils
Mesosaurus Fossils
21
This is the outermost layer of the Earth:
Inner Core
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
22
What type of energy is involved in the system of Earth's layers?
sound
nuclear
mechanical
thermal
23
This layer is least dense:
Mantle
Outer Core
Crust
Inner Core
24
Tectonic Plates are a combo of the solid upper mantle and the crust. This is also called the :
movement
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mantle
25
The arguments against the Continental Drift Theory were:
The Continents don't move
No one could explain how the continents move.
Wegener was not a real scientist
The data collected was falsified
26
Red is a convergent boundary/blue is divergent
: What direction is the Arabian Plate moving?
Northeast
Southwest
North
South
27
When two plates are moving toward each other, it is this type of boundary:
Transform
Convergent
Plastic
Divergent
28
This is the largest layer
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
29
This type of crust is the most dense and thinnest:
Mantle Crust
Oceanic Crust
Core Crust
Continental Crust
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The Theory of Continental Drift was first proposed by:
Isaac Newton
Alfred Wegener
Mrs. Sendlakowski
Albert Einstein