Plate Tectonics

What best explains the existence of coal beds in Antarctica

• because the coal got lost
• because of a crazy man
• Antarctica must have at one point been closer to the equator
• Coal beds form in cold climates like Antarctica

why do the coastlines of Africa and South America appear to fit together so well

• The theory does not explain why the coastlines seem to match
• Africa and America used to be joined, split apart long ago.
• because you care
• because 1812 Overture

forces in the Earth’s mantle move lithospheric plates.What do the arrows the diagram represent

• Machines
•  of hamsters on weels
• Ocean currents
• Convection currents

What type of motion would you expect to observe between plates A and B?

• Machines
• Plates A and B will move away from each other
• potato chips
• the plates fly out in space

What type of motion would you expect to observe between plates B and C

• theres a man dancing in space
• unicorns that are dancing
• Plates B and C will move toward each other
• black doors

what three types of boundaries that geologist observe

• convergent boundaries
• transform boundaries
• boundaries divergent
• all of the above

At which location would you expect to experience the most seismic activity

• location B
• location a
• in Africa
• wheres my pants?

hich of the following can be used to locate plate boundaries

• frequency of seismic activity in the area
• the existence of mountains
• all of the above????????????????????????????????????????????
• the existence of volcanoes

What type of plate boundary is it showing

• Transform boundary
• the kind arrows
• 80's music

The diagram shows two continental plates. The mountains in this form at which type of boundary

• Convergent boundary
• frontier line
• Clint Eastwood
• tide pods