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Plate Tectonics

Sea-Floor Spreading

Weather & Erosion

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Vocabulary

A divergent boundary is where the plates move

______________ from each other.

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Away

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A plate boundary where the plates move together or crust is destroyed as one

plate dives under is called a(n) ________________

boundary.

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Convergent

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Plate boundaries that slide against each other often

form faults are called a(n) _________ boundary.

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Transform

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When two continental plates collide or converge

_____________ are formed.

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Mountains

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What causes the plates motion and where does

this happen?

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Convection currents in the upper mantle cause the

plates to move.

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The process in which molten material adds new oceanic

crust to the sea floor.

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Sea-floor spreading

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What are the two types of crust?

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Oceanic

and

Continental

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Which crust is the most dense?

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Oceanic

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What occurs when continental and ocean crust collide? (what is the process

called?)

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Subduction

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What are the three ways plates interact?

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Transform,

Divergent,

Convergent

Vocabulary for $100

What are the remains of once living organisms

called?

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Fossils

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A person who studies fossils is a….

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Paleontologist

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The name of the single land mass that broke

apart 225 million years ago into what is now

our continents.

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Pangaea

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The large pieces that the Earth’s lithosphere

is broken into are called…

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Plates

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A break or crack in the earths lithosphere along which rocks

move is a….

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Fault

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The cycle which has caused the continents

to change shape is what cycle?

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W-W-W Weathering

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What are the three steps in the weathering

cycle?

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Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

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The process by which water, wind, ice or

gravity moves fragments of rock and

soil is….

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Erosion

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Give an entire example of the weathering cycle.

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Many possible answers…

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What were the last two continents to break

apart?

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South America

And

Africa

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What do contour maps tell us about landforms?

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Their Elevation

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When lines are really close together, what

does it mean?

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The area is steep.

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What color are highways on a contour

map?

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Red

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On this map what

can the highest

elevation be?

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Contour Maps for $500

What is the

contour interval on the map?

10

How much do you want to risk?

How much do you want to risk?

Who theorized the idea of plate tectonic?

Alfred Wegener

Which team won?