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PLATE TECHONICS
EARTH SCIENCE (2015-2016) Salem Church Middle School March 3, 2016
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is WEGENER THEOREM CONTINENTAL DRIFT puzzles mesosanos | Continental Drift two ways, puzzles mesosanos |
| Evidence for Plate Tectonics | Age of Rocks and Fossil Evidence Shape of Continents Earthquakes Volcanos |
| What is Convergent? | Places where plates crash or push together |
| What does Convergent make? | Mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes form where plates collide. |
| What does it do when oceanic plates collide with continental plates. | the more dense oceanic moves under the continental plate |
| The more dense oceanic moves under the continental plate in a process called ___________. | subduction |
| What is Divergent? | Places where plates are moving apart |
| What does Divergent make? | forms rift valleys or oceanic ridges. |
| What is Transform? | Places where plates slide past each other |
| What does Transform cause? | earthquakes |