Plate Boundaries and Topographic Maps

Plate Boundaries and Topographic Maps

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Science

7th - 8th Grade

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

Earthquakes

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A subduction zone is formed...

Back

when one tectonic plate sinks below another

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

The waves could erode the beach

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Back

Convection currents in the mantle

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