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Gilman Plate Tect.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wegener thought that all the continents were together in one big landmass called.... | Pangaea |
| The outmost layer of the Earth is called..... | Lithosphere |
| Which layer of the Earth is liquid? | outer core |
| What type of fault happens because of tension? | normal |
| What type of fault happens because of compression? | reverse |
| In a reverse fault, where does the hanging wall move in relation to the footwall? | upward |
| In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall? | downward |
| What kind of force leads to mountains with sharp jagged peaks? | tension |
| What is the area that 2 tectonic plates meet? | a boundary |
| What type of boundary is formed when plates collide? | convergent |
| What type of boundary is formed when plates separate? | divergent |
| What type of boudnary is formed when 2 plates slide past each other? | transform |
| In the continental drift theory, what was the single large continent called? | Pangaea |
| Where does the sea floor spreading take place? | mid-ocean ridge |
| The core of the Earth is mainly this.... | iron |
| How fast seismic waves travel though the Earth's layers depends on this.... | density |
| Volcanic mountains are made of this....as it reaches the Earth's surface | magma |
| These are often associated with transform boundaries... | earthquakes |
| What do scientist use global positioning system for? | measure plate |
| What is compression? | stress squeezing an object |
| What is tension? | stress pulling an object |
| What is called when the Earth's magnetic poles switch places? | magnetic reversal |
| What are the layers of Earth in order from the surface to the center? | lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core |
| Which layer to the tectonic plates "float" on? | asthenosphere |
| What do earthquakes produce? | seismic waves |
| The southern portion of Pangaea the broke apart about 180 million years ago is known as... | Gondwana |
| Continental-ocieanic collions can also be called this... | subduction zones |
| Mid-ocean ridges are the most common type of which boundary? | divergent boundary |
| The San Andreas Fault is an example of which type of fault? | strike-slip fault |
| The Tetons are what type of mountain? | fault-block |
| The Alps and Himalayas are which type of mountains? | folded |
| The mantle mainly consists of a dense layer called ... | mesosphere |
| Name the theory which describes the movement of the Earth's continents. | Continental Drift Theory |
| Name the process where rock layers are lifted to higher elevations. | Uplift |
| Name the process that takes place at mid-ocean ridges. | seafloor spreading |
| In a normal fault...what breaks a rock layer | tension |
| When tectonic plates move together if forms what kind of fault? | convergent |
| In a reverse fault, what breaks the rock layers | compression |
| What kind of boundary is formed when tectonic plates move apart? | divergent |
| Which layer contains 67% of the Earth's mass? | mantle |
| Name the process of of moving layers of rock by heating and cooling? | convection |
| What is it called when denser oceanic lithosphere sinks below continental lithosphere? | slab pull |
| What is is called when oceanic lithosphere slides downhill due to gravity? | ridge push |
| Upward arching rock layer is called.... | anticline |
| Downward arching rock layer is called... | syncline |
| The sinking of rock layers is called... | subsidense |
| The rising of rock layers is called... | uplift |
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