WorksheetsUnit 5 Vocab: Forces That Changes The Earth
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Wegener's explanation of continents slowly moving and changing their positions relative to one another
Everything on the lithosphere is divided into 15 main plates and they can collide, pull, or slide past each other
Everything will move back together in the future and this new continent will be named Pangea Ultima
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"The lithosphere is divided into sections that are touching, They move and cause continental drift, seafloor spreading, and the formation of major physical features of the Earth's surface" Is this the right definition for Plate tectonic theory?
True
False
What is the correct definition for Asthenosphere
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The hot liquid layer under the lower mantle, mostly made of iron and nickel
The solid hot layer under the outer core its about 700 miles in diameter and is a ball of iron and nickel
The plates of the lithosphere float on this hot semiliquid zone in the upper mantle located directly underneath the lithosphere
Is "made up of the crust and tiny bit of the upper mantle. It is divided into several constantly (very slowly) moving plates of solid rock that hold continents and oceans" the right definition for Fault?
True
False
Define Convection Currents
The cause of volcanoes due to 2 plates going apart which causes magma to sprout out of the earth's surface
Any Movement of Matter (in this case, magma) that results from differences in density drives plate tectonics
The area of semiliquid rock which causes plates to float and move above in the lithosphere
The molten rock that sprouts out tiny little crack which causes it to be in a circle
Which word is correct for the definition "The boundary between tectonic plates that are COLLIDING" ?
Divergent Boundary
Big Chungus Hole
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Is "The boundary between tectonic plates that are MOVING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER" the correct definition for transform boundary?
True
False
Which word correctly defines "The Boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding PAST EACH OTHER HORIZONTALLY
Transform Boundary
Changing Boundry
Fault Bondary
Sliding Boundary
Define Crustal Features
The features of the WHOLE earth
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Features of the Earth's surface like mountains, rivers
Define Subduction Zozne
Where two plates are sliding past each and are locked into place causing energy build-up can cause earthquakes
The area that is formed by plates pulling apart from each other in the seafloor to form new rock
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The area where one plate is being pulled under the edge of another: can cause formation of oceanic trenches, volcanoes, earthquakes
Define seafloor spreading
Where volcanoes are found form outside super island
The process by which new seafloor form. As new seafloor rock forms, it pushes the existing rock in opposite directions away from the mid-ocean ridges
The theory that in 200 million year the ocean would have formed to a supervolcano called pangea ultima
Define Depression
Sadness
A landform sunken below the surrounding area
A miniature hurricane/ tropical storm
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Define Mid-Ocean ridge
an underwater mountain range; occur along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth's tectonic plates split apart
A above water mountain range caused by colliding plates; Such as the himalayas
A mark in the ocean after the split of pangea
Define Pangea
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The super island where the dinosaurs roamed millions of years ago split up due to the continental drift
The name of the rejoining of the continents 200 million years from now due to plate tectonics
The ancient supercontinent, made up of all present continents joined together, which began to break up about 200 million
Define Valley
can be created by the shifting of Earth's plates. A long depression in Earth's surface that usually lies between ranges of hill or mountains
A plot of flat land at transform boundaries and faults contains a lot of wildlife due to the crust below being stable
Long Cracks on the Earth's surface on transform boundaries can cause locking due to the jagged edges of plates
The crack on the ocean floor that releases new rock and the existing rock gets pushed in the opposite direction
Define Fault
a crack in the Earth's crust They form the boundaries between Earth's tectonic plates
The section of the lithosphere where the floating plates meet
The deep magma type valleys created by diverging plates can cause volcanic activities
Locking boundaries on transforming boundaries that can cause earthquakes
Define Trench
A long deep canyon in the middle of a mountain range and can be up to 3 miles deep
A deep canyon in the middle of an ocean below the seafloor
The cracks that occur on the edges of tectonic plates that can be locked together
Long Narrow, steep- sided depression in the Earth's oceanic crust, usually lying above a subduction
Define Rift Zones
A section of the coast that can cause a massive chain of volcanoes which is most common in subduction zones
Where rifts are the most common these can form in ocean due to the boundaries diverging can cause a lot of seafloor spreading
Area with many long, deep crack in the Earth's lithosphere. Magma rises up through these cracks to form volcanic mountains and tall flat-top plateaus
Define Ring of Fire
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A ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean that result from subduction of oceanic plates beneath lighter continental plates. Most of the world's earthquakes, and about %75 of the worlds volcanoes occur here
A ring of volcanoes around the Atlantic Ocean that result from subduction of oceanic plates beneath lighter continental plates. Most of the world's earthquakes, and about %75 of the worlds volcanoes occur here
