Topic 4 Plate Tectonics

What is Pangaea?

• A modern-day continent in the Pacific Ocean.
• A supercontinent that existed around 335 to 175 million years ago.
• A type of dinosaur that lived millions of years ago.
• A theory about the formation of the moon.

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How do islands form in the South Pacific?

• Islands form through volcanic activity, coral reef accumulation, and tectonic uplift.
• Islands form from the erosion of mainland coastlines.
• Islands are created through sediment deposition by rivers.
• Islands are formed by glacial activity.

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Match the following

• Where tectonic plates move apart

• Transform Boundary

• Where tectonic plates slide past each other

• Divergent Boundary

• Where tectonic plates collide

• Convergent Boundary

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________ occur at transform boundaries.

What type of volcanoes are found in Hawaii? These volcanoes are producing new land.

• Cinder cone volcanoes
• Stratovolcanoes
• Shield volcanoes
• Lava domes

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These are large waves that form when Earthquakes happen near the ocean.

• Storm surges
• Tsunamis
• Rip currents
• Tidal waves

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What process is causing Australia to move closer to the Asian subcontinent.

• Ocean currents
• Volcanic activity
• Tectonic plate movement & continental drift

• Weather patterns

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Where are the majority of Earth's volcanoes found?

• In the center of continents
• Underneath large oceans
• At the poles of the Earth
• Along tectonic plate boundaries, especially the Pacific Ring of Fire.

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What two types of plates are found on Earth?

• Atmospheric plates and oceanic plates
• Sedimentary plates and igneous plates
• Continental plates and oceanic plates
• Tectonic plates and magnetic plates

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Tsunamis form when there are earthquakes near the __________

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