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Plate tectonics: Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Plate Tectonics? | plates moving in Earth's lithosphere, moving relative to eachother |
| What is the evidence for "sea floor spreading"? | guyots and magnetic stripes |
| Two ways paleomagnetism gave Earth scientists evidence for plate tectonics. | -Magnetic material was 'pointing' in weird directions, when it should point north -Magnetism in rocks of diff. ages on the same continent were not consistent |
| What evidence indicates that oceanic crust is subducted? | Benioff Zones: Earthquake foci(focuses)near ocean trenches plot along a descending line. Earthquakes can only happen in brittle rocks. |
| Whats the difference between Basalt, Andesite, and Granite? (Where do they form?) | Basalt:runny;formed when melting of pure oceanic crust;Most silica Granite: thick &gooey;formed by melting pure cont. crust;Least silica Andesite: mixture of both |