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Name _________________________________________________ Period __________
Plate Tectonics Scavenger Hunt
Instructions: Choose 5 of the following questions to answer. On your own notebook paper,
write the questions and answer it in COMPLETE sentences. Be SPECIFIC! Go to the
Internet and search for the answers.
Suggested sites:
http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
http://pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/
When you are finished, turn in your question sheet and you may go to:
http://www.quia.com/jg/262313.html for review games!
QUESTIONS:
1. Choose one to write about:
Alfred Wegner, Harry Hess & Robert Dietz, or Fred Vine & Drummond
Matthews
How has this person (or these persons) contributed to the theory of plate
tectonics?
2.
Describe each of the following: a) divergent plate boundary, b) convergent plate
boundary, and c) transform plate boundary.
3.
How did the Himalaya Mountains form?
4.
Why is the San Andreas Fault located where it is in California?
5.
What causes the mid-ocean ridges (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)?
6.
Describe the differences between ocean crust and continental crust?
7.
Where are 2 hot spots located in the U.S.? (location or state)
8.
What do Iceland and the Azores have to do with the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
9.
Describe what is happening (geologically) in the east African Rift Zone (the Afar
Triangle)?
10.
One unanswered question is “What drives the plates?” Explain how scientists think
the plates are driven?