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Plate Tectonics study guide
- Tectonic plates that move can cause _earthquakes_.
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- Two plates moving toward each other are called _convergent__ plate boundaries.
- Plates moving in this direction can make __mountains_.
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- Plates moving away from each other are called _divergent_ plate boundaries.
- Plates moving in this direction can cause _rift valleys_.
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-Plates sliding past each other are called _transform__ plate boundaries.
-This plate boundary movement can cause _earthquakes_.
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-Continental drift explains how _fossils_ of plants are found in Antarctica.
-A volcano is found where an oceanic plate meets a _continental_ plate.
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- This is a picture of a _subduction _zone_.
- There is volcano forming here because an __oceanic_ plate is meeting up with a
_continental_ plate.
- The _oceanic__ plate is denser than the _continental_ plate. That is why the
_oceanic______ plate sub ducts under the _continental__ plate.
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- Two continental plates colliding can create _mountains_.
- Divergent boundaries can be caused by _convection_ _currents_ in the mantle.
- Folding in the crust may occur if two _continental__ boundaries hit each other and do
not sub duct.
- The upper mantle and the crust also called the _lithosphere_, is the layer of the Earth
where tectonic plates are found.
- The first evidence of continental drift was when scientist discovered _seafloor_
_spreading_.
- The idea of Pangaea was formed by naturalist _Alfred _Wegener_.
- Uneven heating in the mantle cause _convection _currents_________.
Several review type questions
Read charts, DRYMIX (graphing), what type of graph to use, prediction from a table,
reading a distance time graph.
Convergent boundaries- two plates are colliding. It is here we see
subduction zones. These cause earthquakes, volcanoes, and
mountain building.
Transform boundaries- plates are sliding past each other.
Produces faults. Earthquakes occur along the faults.
Divergent boundaries- plates are moving apart. (Rift Valleys)