Earth 1 Quiz - Jake Usrey

Tectonic plates may blank, blank , or blank past one another

• separate , slip , slide

• divergent , convergent , transfrom

• eurasian , africa , australia

Which of the following is NOT a type of evidence that Wegener used to support his theory of continental drift

• mid-ocean ridges

• earth's core

• volcanoes

• astroworld

what is the name of the area on earth where many volcanoes are present

• Volcano Land

• Red Pit

• Ring of Fire

• Circle of Flames

Supercontinent that Alfred named..?

• Earth premuim

• Pangea

• Pager

• Yaw's theory

What boundary is this?

• divergent

• Transform

• converegent

What boundary is this

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What do hachure marks mean on topo maps?

• The elev. is going down

• It's a river

• The relief goes down by twenty

• The slope is steep

What is a tectonic plate?

• A piece of earth's core

• A piece of earth's crust

• Cracked parts of the moon

• What you eat off of

Why do oceanic plates subduct under continental plates?

• They are more dense

• They are less dense

• Water subducts to everything

• They are closer to the core of the earth

The location in California that has lots of potential for Earthquakes

• Denver Divots

• Sacremento Slide

• San Andres Fault

• Golden Gate plates