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Test your noodle
Rules
Work as a group. Each group responds to all
questions.
 One person writes the answer for the team and
shows it when asked. If you show too soon, no
points!
 Your team will earn one point for each correct
answer.
 Teacher can ask any group member to explain. If
group member cannot do so, group will not earn
the point.
 For true/false questions, all false responses only
earn a point if the statement is successfully
changed into a true statement.
 Group with the most points at the end will win.
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WARM-UP ROUND
What kind of rock
makes up most of
the continents?
Granite
What force causes
the plates to
drift?
Convection currents
in the mantle.
Where are
earthquakes and
volcanoes most likely
to be found?
Along plate
boundaries
What kind of rock
makes up most of
the sea floor?
Along which kind
of boundary is
new sea floor
being added?
A divergent
boundary
The Hawaiian Islands
chain was formed as the
pacific plate moved over
a.....
Hot
Spot
What kind of geological
feature is usually located
where two oceanic plates
converge?
A trench
What geographic feature
is likely to be found in
regions where two
continental plates
collide?
A mountain range
What kind of boundary exists
between the Pacific and IndianA convergent
Australian plates?
boundary
What kind of plate
boundary exists along
the California coast?
A
transform
boundary
preliminary
round…
Students may use the word bank below to answer the questions that follow.
Word Bank
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seven
divergent plate
asthenosphere
African Plate
ten
convection currents
Alfred Wegner
Harry Hess
Pacific Plate
rift valleys
five
subduction
transform fault
lithosphere
plate boundary
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seven
divergent plate
asthenosphere
African Plate
ten
convection currents
Alfred Wegner
Harry Hess
Pacific Plate
rift valleys
five
subduction
transform fault
lithosphere
plate boundary
Word Bank
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seven
divergent plate
asthenosphere
African Plate
ten
convection currents
Alfred Wegner
Harry Hess
Pacific Plate
rift valleys
five
subduction
transform fault
lithosphere
plate boundary
Rules
Work as a group. Each group responds to all
questions.
 One person writes the answer for the team and
shows it when asked. If you show too soon, no
points!
 Your team will earn one point for each correct
answer.
 Teacher can ask any group member to explain. If
group member cannot do so, group will not earn
the point.
 For true/false questions, all false responses only
earn a point if the statement is successfully
changed into a true statement.
 Group with the most points at the end will win.
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Preliminary Round
1. A ___________
__________ is the
place where plates
meet.
Plate Boundary
Preliminary Round
2. Tectonic plates consist
of the crust and upper
mantle, and when
combined make up the
___________.
lithosphere
Preliminary Round
3. There are
__________ major
lithospheric plates on
the earth.
seven
Preliminary Round
4. A __________
__________
boundary forms
where plates are
separating.
Divergent plate
Preliminary Round
5. The __________
__________ is the
largest plate.
Pacific Plate
Preliminary Round
6. __________ __________
theorized that present
day continents once
were joined together in a
large continent.
Alfred Wegener
Preliminary Round
7. __________ __________
are movements of
material caused by
differences in
temperature.
Convection Currents
Preliminary Round
8. ___________ is the
process of one
lithospheric plate
descending under
another.
subduction
Preliminary Round
9. Volcanic activity
occurs along mid-ocean
ridges in large cracks
called ____________
____________.
Rift valleys
Preliminary Round
10. A boundary where
two plates slide by each
other is called a
_______ _______.
Transform fault
TRUE or FALSE?
If the statement is false, change it to make it a true
statement. (in order to earn your point)
TRUE or FALSE?
11. When lithospheric
plates meet,
volcanoes are often
formed.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE?
12. Tectonic plates are
in a constant state of
swift motion.
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE?
13. Mid-ocean ridges
are the result of plate
convergence.
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE?
14. Newly formed
rocks can be found on
the ocean floor.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE?
15. Rocks on the ocean
floor containing iron
emit a magnetic field.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE?
16. A plant fossil
called glossopteris
was found on
numerous continents.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE?
17. Scientists have
discovered that the
ocean floor is totally
flat.
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE?
18. The mid-ocean
ridge is over 80,000
kilometers in length.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE?
19. Continents ride on
top of tectonic plates.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE?
20. Sea-floor spreading is
characterized by two
adjacent plates moving
toward each other.
FALSE
FINAL ROUND
What crustal feature
forms at a divergent
boundary with
oceanic-oceanic
crusts?
Mid-ocean ridges
FINAL ROUND
What crustal feature
forms at a divergent
boundary with
continentalcontinental crusts?
Rift Valleys
FINAL ROUND
What crustal features
forms at a convergent
boundary with
oceanic-oceanic
crusts? (there are 2)
Island Arcs (volcanic) & trench
FINAL ROUND
What crustal features
forms at a convergent
boundary with
oceanic-continental
crusts? (there are 2)
Volcanic mountains & trench
FINAL ROUND
What crustal feature
forms at a convergent
boundary with
continentalcontinental crusts?
A Mountain Range
FINAL ROUND
What crustal feature
forms at a transform
boundary?
A Fault
FINAL ROUND
Give a real-world
example of an island
that has a rift valley.
Iceland
FINAL ROUND
This
crustal
feature
occurs at
a _______
boundary.
Divergent
Final Round
The Hawaiian Islands
were formed over a
_______ __________.
FINAL ROUND
What
crustal
features
have
formed at
this
boundary?
Volcanic Arc and trench
FINAL ROUND
New crust is
__________
at this type
of crustal
feature….
Created or made; mid-ocean ridge
FINAL ROUND
What type of
motion
occurs at
the
Japanese
trench?
Subduction
END OF THE FINAL ROUND
TALLY YOUR POINTS
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Just some pictures and stuff…
Where earthquakes occur…
EXAMPLE: NAZCA (OCEANIC CRUST) AND
SOUTH AMERICAN (CONTINENTAL CRUST)
PLATE BOUNDARY (CREATING THE ANDES)
EXAMPLE: INDIAN AND EURASIAN PLATE FORMED THE HIMALAYAS
EXAMPLE: NORTH AMERICAN PLATE &
PACIFIC PLATE (SAN ANDREAS FAULT)