Chunky Tectonic Plates Or... Earth is really chunked up.
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Chunky Tectonic Plates
Or . . . Earth is really chunked up.
older
The farther oceanic crust is from a mid-ocean ridge the _________ it is.
California or the West Coast or Alaska or Hawaii
The area of the U.S. that has frequent earthquakes is _____________.
Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains
3 things happen or appear at plate boundaries. They are:
Divergent
Mid-ocean ridges are _________ plate boundaries.
Convergent
The Aleutian Trench is located at a __________ plate boundary.
West
There are frequent earthquakes on the _______ coast of South America.
Convection or convection currents
The driving force behind tectonic plate movement is mantle ________.
The Equator
Coal is found in NYS because 300 mya, NY was near _____________.
Jig-saw puzzle
One piece of evidence for plate tectonics is: continents fit together
like a _________
African
The Canary Islands hot spot is in the __________ Plate.
More dense
Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust?
Pacific Plate and North American Plate
The San Andreas Fault is between which two tectonic plates?
Convection currents
The circular arrows in the illustration are called __________________.
Kauai
Which island is the oldest?
The triangles on this map may represent ______.
A) EarthquakesB) Mountain RangesC) VolcanoesD) All of the above
Which NY State location has the greatest risk of a major earthquake?
Massena