Plate Boundaries and Topographic Maps

Front

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Back

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces, glacier scars and evidence from temperature, mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

Front

What geologic feature/event you be most likely to find at a transform boundary?

Back

Earthquakes

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust? Options: Rift Valley, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Island Arc, Flat land

Back

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? Options: Volcano, Mountain, Rift, Island Arc

Back

Mountain

Front

A subduction zone is formed...

Back

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

Front

What would be the most likely way this coastline would change over time?

Back

The waves could erode the beach

Front

What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle

Front

Determine the contour interval
Options: 10 m, 20 m, 50 m, 100 m

Back

20 m

Front

What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?

Back

gentle slope

Front

What kind of plate boundary is shown here? Options: divergent, convergent, transform, subducting

Back

divergent