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What happens at a subduction zone?
A Continental Plate moves under a Oceanic Plate
A Oceanic Plate moves under a Continental Plate
Two continental plates push together to create mountains
Two oceanic plates push together to create mountains
Give an area where a subduction zone is active.
Ring of Fire
Himalayas
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
San Andreas Fault
Give an area where a collision zone is active.
Ring of Fire
Himalayas
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
San Andreas Fault
Give an area where a transform boundary is active.
Ring of Fire
Himalayas
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
San Andreas Fault
Give an area where seafloor spreading is active.
Ring of Fire
Himalayas
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
San Andreas Fault
What happens at a collision zone?
A Continental Plate moves under a Oceanic Plate
A Oceanic Plate moves under a Continental Plate
Two continental plates push together to create mountains
Two oceanic plates push together to create mountains
What happens when two continental plates move at a divergent boundary?
A rift is formed
Earthquakes happen
A subduction zone is created
A Fault is created
What happens at a divergent boundary?
Two plates slide past each other
Two plates move away from each other
Two plates push towards each other
Two plates stay in one spot
Where could you find a rift?
Red Sea
San Andreas Fault
Ring of Fire
Himalayas
What is the supercontinent called?
Pangea
United States
Asia
Pranded
What is the theory of Plate Tectonics?
The Earth's top layer is split into 12 plates
The supercontinent Pangea broke apart about 200 million years ago
Alfred Wegener created it
What is the theory of continental drift?
The Earth's top layer is split into 12 plates
The supercontinent Pangea broke apart about 200 million years ago
Plates move
Who was Alfred Wegener?
The person who created the theory of Plate Tectonics
The person who created the theory of Continental Drift
A geologist who studies rocks
What was the weakness in Alfred Wegener's theory?
He was known to be crazy
People made up other rumors about it
What force could push the landmasses
How could Africa and South America fit together
What is plate #1 called
Pacific Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
What is plate #6 called
Pacific Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
What is plate #9 called
Pacific Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
What is plate #8 called
Pacific Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
What is plate #2 called?
North American Plate
Flipino Plate
Eurasian Plate
Nazca Plate
What is plate #14 called?
North American Plate
Flipino Plate
Eurasian Plate
Nazca Plate
What is plate #11 called?
North American Plate
Flipino Plate
Eurasian Plate
Nazca Plate
What is plate #5 called?
North American Plate
Flipino Plate
Eurasian Plate
Nazca Plate
What is plate #12 called?
Indian Plate
Caribbean Plate
Arabian Plate
Scotia Plate
What is plate #4 called?
Indian Plate
Caribbean Plate
Arabian Plate
Scotia Plate
What is plate #10 called?
Indian Plate
Caribbean Plate
Arabian Plate
Scotia Plate
What is plate #7 called?
Indian Plate
Caribbean Plate
Arabian Plate
Scotia Plate
What is plate #3 called?
Cocos Plate
Australian Plate
Eurasian Plate
Nazra Plate
What is plate #13 called?
Cocos Plate
Australian Plate
Eurasian Plate
Nazra Plate
What happens at a convergent boundary?
Two plates slide past each other
Two plates move away from each other
Two plates push towards each other
Two plates stay in one spot
What happens at a transform boundary?
Two plates slide past each other
Two plates move away from each other
Two plates push towards each other
Two plates stay in one spot
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