Name: Date: Pd: __ PLATE TECTONIC WEBQUEST Part A
... 1. What is the location where sinking of a plate occurs is called? ________________________________ 2. The type of convergence -- called by some a very slow "collision" -- that takes place between plates depends on the kind of lithosphere involved. Convergence can occur between what plate combos? a) ...
... 1. What is the location where sinking of a plate occurs is called? ________________________________ 2. The type of convergence -- called by some a very slow "collision" -- that takes place between plates depends on the kind of lithosphere involved. Convergence can occur between what plate combos? a) ...
Plate Tectonic, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Test Review
... Asthenosphere Mesosphere 4. Who discovered the theory of continental drift? When did he do this? Alfred Wegener (early 1900’s) 5. What are the three pieces of evidence that he used to support his theory? Give examples. 1. Landforms from other continents fit well together like puzzle pieces (South Am ...
... Asthenosphere Mesosphere 4. Who discovered the theory of continental drift? When did he do this? Alfred Wegener (early 1900’s) 5. What are the three pieces of evidence that he used to support his theory? Give examples. 1. Landforms from other continents fit well together like puzzle pieces (South Am ...
Plate Tectonics
... • Unified theory: Study the dynamic creation, movement, and destruction processes of plates • Plates: lithosphere fragments • Plates move in relation to each other at varied rates • No major tectonic movements within plates • Dynamic actions concentrated along plate boundaries ...
... • Unified theory: Study the dynamic creation, movement, and destruction processes of plates • Plates: lithosphere fragments • Plates move in relation to each other at varied rates • No major tectonic movements within plates • Dynamic actions concentrated along plate boundaries ...
Study Guide for The Theory of Plate Tectonics Chapter 3
... Deep Ocean Trenches: Deep underwater canyons near subduction zones. These are the deepest parts of the ocean. Subduction Zone: The area in which old material from the mantel is pulled back into the mantle to be recycled. Older rock is more dense then newer rock, so gravity pulls the dense rock back ...
... Deep Ocean Trenches: Deep underwater canyons near subduction zones. These are the deepest parts of the ocean. Subduction Zone: The area in which old material from the mantel is pulled back into the mantle to be recycled. Older rock is more dense then newer rock, so gravity pulls the dense rock back ...
Oreo Cookie Plate Tectonics
... What happens to the cookies as they push against each other? Create a mountain What are the three types of convergent boundaries? Continental-continental collision, Oceanic-oceanic subduction, Oceanic-continental subduction What does this represent? Mountains ...
... What happens to the cookies as they push against each other? Create a mountain What are the three types of convergent boundaries? Continental-continental collision, Oceanic-oceanic subduction, Oceanic-continental subduction What does this represent? Mountains ...
Chapter 33
... • Describes the forces within the Earth that create the continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, earthquake belts, and large- scale features of the Earth’s surface. • The Earth’s outer shell, the lithosphere, is divided into eight relatively large plates and a number of small ones. ...
... • Describes the forces within the Earth that create the continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, earthquake belts, and large- scale features of the Earth’s surface. • The Earth’s outer shell, the lithosphere, is divided into eight relatively large plates and a number of small ones. ...
1 Continental Drift, Paleomagnetism, and Plate Tectonics History
... Upwelling of the mantle pushes up an area Convergent Boundaries Where two plates move together. AKA destructive plate margin because older portions of oceanic plates are “destroyed” here (returned to the mantle). Remember: Earth is not growing larger. As new lithosphere is being created at divergent ...
... Upwelling of the mantle pushes up an area Convergent Boundaries Where two plates move together. AKA destructive plate margin because older portions of oceanic plates are “destroyed” here (returned to the mantle). Remember: Earth is not growing larger. As new lithosphere is being created at divergent ...
Plate Tectonics Test Study Guide
... plate- a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust scientific theory- a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations plate tectonics-the theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, dri ...
... plate- a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust scientific theory- a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations plate tectonics-the theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, dri ...
Plate Tectonics Test Study Guide (A)
... Describe the theory of plate tectonics Describe the three types of plate boundaries, including what happens at each type, and the landforms that can be created at each type. Section 5: Key Terms plate- a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of cont ...
... Describe the theory of plate tectonics Describe the three types of plate boundaries, including what happens at each type, and the landforms that can be created at each type. Section 5: Key Terms plate- a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of cont ...
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... Volcanoes and Plate Boundaries (p. 217-218) 4. What is the Ring of Fire? ________________________________________________________________ 5. Where do most volcanoes form? ________________________________________________________________ 6. Describe how volcanoes form along the mid-ocean ridges. _____ ...
... Volcanoes and Plate Boundaries (p. 217-218) 4. What is the Ring of Fire? ________________________________________________________________ 5. Where do most volcanoes form? ________________________________________________________________ 6. Describe how volcanoes form along the mid-ocean ridges. _____ ...
Section Quiz - TheVirtualNeal
... zone, the lithosphere is denser than it is at a mid-ocean ridge. Convection causes oceanic lithosphere to move away from the mid ocean ridge. Oceanic lithosphere is also higher at a mid-ocean ridge, so oceanic lithosphere moves down toward the subduction zone because of gravity. Answers will vary. T ...
... zone, the lithosphere is denser than it is at a mid-ocean ridge. Convection causes oceanic lithosphere to move away from the mid ocean ridge. Oceanic lithosphere is also higher at a mid-ocean ridge, so oceanic lithosphere moves down toward the subduction zone because of gravity. Answers will vary. T ...
esga3094 - 4J Blog Server
... oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle beneath a second plate. Where two plates move together, ...
... oceanic plate is forced down into the mantle beneath a second plate. Where two plates move together, ...
Earth Shaping
... Hot rock rises while cool rock sinks Causes the lithosphere to move sideways ...
... Hot rock rises while cool rock sinks Causes the lithosphere to move sideways ...
ferrari answers
... related to the dehydration of the slab so a period of high convergence rate may have produced an increase in fluids released from the subducting plate. Another possibility is that North America actively overrode the Cocos plate in the early Miocene (i.e. Cocos do not retreat at the same velocity of ...
... related to the dehydration of the slab so a period of high convergence rate may have produced an increase in fluids released from the subducting plate. Another possibility is that North America actively overrode the Cocos plate in the early Miocene (i.e. Cocos do not retreat at the same velocity of ...
Lecture 1b: Plate Tectonics: the Earth as a System
... Geodynamic Setting of Major Rock Suites Ocean-ocean subduction Subduction of one oceanic plate under another oceanic plate occurs frequently, without the involvement of continental material. Examples are the Aleutian arc, Marianas arc, Antilles arc. • Volcanic sequences mostly basaltic • Accretiona ...
... Geodynamic Setting of Major Rock Suites Ocean-ocean subduction Subduction of one oceanic plate under another oceanic plate occurs frequently, without the involvement of continental material. Examples are the Aleutian arc, Marianas arc, Antilles arc. • Volcanic sequences mostly basaltic • Accretiona ...
Plate Tectonics Review Guide 08-09
... 2. What is the difference between a seismograph and a seismogram? 3. Explain, in detail, how plate tectonics takes place. 4. How can the seafloor be recycled? (be specific and thorough) 5. Compare and contrast the three types of seismic waves and their traits. 6. How are volcanoes constructive? 7. W ...
... 2. What is the difference between a seismograph and a seismogram? 3. Explain, in detail, how plate tectonics takes place. 4. How can the seafloor be recycled? (be specific and thorough) 5. Compare and contrast the three types of seismic waves and their traits. 6. How are volcanoes constructive? 7. W ...
Earth's interior layers.
... • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS are formed from pieces of other rocks (sediments) carried by water, wind, or ice. Sedimentary rocks are easy to find on the ground beneath our feet – the uppermost portion of Earth crust. Sedimentary rocks cover more than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface. Sandstone, shale, and l ...
... • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS are formed from pieces of other rocks (sediments) carried by water, wind, or ice. Sedimentary rocks are easy to find on the ground beneath our feet – the uppermost portion of Earth crust. Sedimentary rocks cover more than two-thirds of the Earth’s surface. Sandstone, shale, and l ...
8.2: Continents change position over time
... Hot soft rock rises, cools, and sinks, then is heated and rises again: convection current – slow few cm/yr ...
... Hot soft rock rises, cools, and sinks, then is heated and rises again: convection current – slow few cm/yr ...
Plate Tectonics - Cloudfront.net
... affect Earth’s surface at the plate boundaries and causes them to move. Plates move in 3 ways: 1. slide past each other 2. move apart (divergent) 3. collide (convergent) ...
... affect Earth’s surface at the plate boundaries and causes them to move. Plates move in 3 ways: 1. slide past each other 2. move apart (divergent) 3. collide (convergent) ...
Evidence of Seafloor Spreading
... mantle and core to the lithosphere. Convection currents also “recycle” lithospheric materials back to the mantle. A rift valley is a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems. ...
... mantle and core to the lithosphere. Convection currents also “recycle” lithospheric materials back to the mantle. A rift valley is a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems. ...
S. Peacock (UBC) - Earth and Space Sciences
... • Pore pressures are likely high (~lithostatic), at least where dehydration reactions are taking place. • H2O production rates are relatively small, 100 mL per m2 column per yr • Very low permeabilities are required for significant volumes of H2O to accumulate beneath the slab interface ...
... • Pore pressures are likely high (~lithostatic), at least where dehydration reactions are taking place. • H2O production rates are relatively small, 100 mL per m2 column per yr • Very low permeabilities are required for significant volumes of H2O to accumulate beneath the slab interface ...
Prentice Hall
... 13. Circle the sentences that are true about the theory of plate tectonics. a. The ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at subduction zones. b. The heat that drives convection currents comes from solar energy. c. Hot rock rises at mid-ocean ridges, cools and spreads out as ocean sea floor. d. Plat ...
... 13. Circle the sentences that are true about the theory of plate tectonics. a. The ocean floor sinks back into the mantle at subduction zones. b. The heat that drives convection currents comes from solar energy. c. Hot rock rises at mid-ocean ridges, cools and spreads out as ocean sea floor. d. Plat ...
Oceanic trench
The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the deepest parts of the ocean floor. Oceanic trenches are a distinctive morphological feature of convergent plate boundaries, along which lithospheric plates move towards each other at rates that vary from a few mm to over ten cm per year. A trench marks the position at which the flexed, subducting slab begins to descend beneath another lithospheric slab. Trenches are generally parallel to a volcanic island arc, and about 200 km (120 mi) from a volcanic arc. Oceanic trenches typically extend 3 to 4 km (1.9 to 2.5 mi) below the level of the surrounding oceanic floor. The greatest ocean depth to be sounded is in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench, at a depth of 11,034 m (36,201 ft) below sea level. Oceanic lithosphere moves into trenches at a global rate of about 3 km2/yr.