Unit 3 Plate Tectonics Mission Review 2024

Front

What happens when a thinner ocean plate collides with a thicker continental plate?

Back

The thinner ocean plate sinks under the continental plate.

Front

What is NOT an example of evidence of a supercontinent?

Back

Ocean Currents.

Front

Which location on the continent of Africa corresponds to Location R on South America from the landmass Pangaea?

Back

Location 3.

Front

What occurs at a convergent boundary when two continental plates meet?

Back

They push against each other to form folded mountain ranges.

Front

What force pulls dense materials towards the center of the Earth?

Back

Gravity.

Front

Define Plate Tectonics.

Back

The theory explaining the movement of the Earth's plates and how they interact.

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide.

Front

What is a divergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move apart.

Front

What is a transform boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

Front

What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate sinks under another.