Plate Tectonics

The tectonic plates move because they are part of ____________ in the mantle.

What are the 3 types of evidence used to support Wegener's theory?

Due to subduction zones, the pacific ocean basin is __________ while the Atlantic ocean is ________________.

Strike-slip Faults are usually found along _________ boundaries.

Which of the following is an example of animal fossils that were used as evidence to support continental drift?

Subduction occurs at ___________

Divergent, Convergent, Transform boundaries are the types of plate boundaries.

An anticline resembles the ________ of a wave

Reverse faults usually happen at _________ boundaries.

A boundary where 2 plates collide, or move toward each other is called a divergent boundary.

What was the name of the supercontinent?

A tool used to measure the seismic waves produced by an earthquake

Compression shortening and thickening Earth's crust can cause __________

The 2 types of crust are:

Plates that slide past each other are called transform boundaries.

Each whole number increase in the moment magnitude scale represents a ______ fold increase in energy

A fold that bends upward becomes a mountain and a fold that bends downward becomes valleys

Theory that Earth's Lithosphere is broken up into distinct plates.

Who developed a hypothesis that all of the continents had once been fused together, and over time drifted apart?

Aboundary where two plates spread apart, or move away from each other, is called a convergent boundary.

The 3 types of stress are called:

Long, zipper-like chains of undersea mountains

Stress builds up until a breaking point is reached. The plates lurch into motion and release energy. This is __________

The moment magnitude scale measures the energy released during an earthquake

Normal faults usually occur at _________ boundaries