Download USE Nat Geo Colliding Contienents

Name________________________________________ Per ___________
List of terms: Alfred Wegener, Eurasian Plate, Pangea Ultima, Vaalbara
1. ________________ ___________________ is the mightiest force on Earth.
2. How do some scientists explain how water came to exist on planet earth? _______________________.
3. The first true continents were formed from rocks made of _____________________________.
4. Uranium decays into _________________________.
5. What is a Craton?______________________________________________________________
6. Granite is less___________________ than other rock in the Cratons.
7. Lava laid down in water forms ________________ ____________.
8. What do the continental plates sit and move on? _________________________________
9. Molten rock is called _____________________________.
10. How far do the continental plates move each year? ______________________
11. In 1912, a German scientist, _________________________ proposed a radical new theory of plate tectonics.
12. Plate tectonics is driven by ________________________.
13. The continents are spreading apart as the __________ ______________________ ________________ forms
new crust.
14. Cratons combine with other cratons to form a super continent named _________________________.
15. There are over a _______________ continental plates.
16. The theory of continental drift says that continents are continuously_______________________________
and then _____________________________.
17. 1.1 billion years ago the supercontinent __________________________________ formed.
18. What is the name of the last and most recent supercontinent? ______________________________
19. 350 million years ago there are ________________________________,each living in distinct regions.
20. The land where New York new sit was nestled next to________________________________.
21. Pangea caused the climate to get harsh and led to the _________________________ extinction.
22. 250 million years ago Pangea ________________________________.
23. Australia breaks off and heads ___________________________.
24. When Continental plates collide creating ______________ _________________ that create mountains.
25. The ________________ ____________________ are formed when the Iberian Plate is shoved Upward as
Africa and Eurasia collide.
26. The Asian Plate Moves North at _____________ inches per year.
27. The top layer of the Grand Canyon created from___________________________________.
28. The Pacific plate dips below the _______________________ plate creating islands.
29. The formation of the isthmus of Panama stopped the flow of water from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
disrupting______________________________.
30. Plate movement create stress points that cause ______________ _______________ and _____________.
31. The Indonesian tsunami was caused by an ______________________________.
32. Disasters occur at _____________________________.
33. A new mountain range will from where Italy and Greece now are named the ____________________________
34. The Atlantic ocean will continue to __________________________________.
35. The subduction zone will drag Europe and Africa toward _____________________________.
36. 250 million years from now the will be _________________________________________.
37. New York will be the site of a continental __________________________________.
38. The Future Land mass will be called __________________________ _________________________.
39. Plate tectonics will continue however ________________________ might not be here to witness it.
40. List three important things you learned in the last bit of the video clip
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