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Question 1

(mor) system system of mountain ranges of the seafloor separated by valleys

Answer 1

mild ocean ridge

Question 2

a long narrow depression

Answer 2

rift valley

Question 3

the boundary where two plates collide

Answer 3

convergent plant boundary

Question 4

the denser plate dives beneath the continent in process

Answer 4

subduction

Question 5

the boundary between two plates that are moving apart

Answer 5

divergent plate boundary

Question 6

this type of boundary where plates slide horizontally past each others in opposite directions

Answer 6

transform plate boundary

Question 7

is a student movement or vibrations of the ground that occurs when rocks slip and slide along enormous cracks in the earths crust called faults

Answer 7

earthquakes

Question 8

is a crack in earths crust along which rock has moved

Answer 8

fault

Question 9

this sudden release of strain of energy as rock moves along a fault

Answer 9

elastic rebound

Question 10

the point of origin for an earthquake

Answer 10

focus

Question 11

the point on earths surface directly above focus

Answer 11

epicenter

Question 12

who came up with Continental drift hypothesis

Answer 12

alfred wegener

Question 13

what are some evidence for the continental drift

Answer 13

1. alfreed wegner observed that the eastern coastline and the south america fit together like a puzzle peace
2. wegner argued that you could match rock types fosels

Question 14

what was the name of supporter Continental drift

Answer 14

1. Pangaea

Question 15

who came up with the seafloor spreading hypothesis

Answer 15

harry hess used some sonar to discover three dimensional maps (m o r) was found

Question 16

how did hess find the seafloor?

Answer 16

he discovered an mid-ocean ridge

Question 17

where at the ocean floor were is the newer rock formed

Answer 17

closer to the (m or r) is where the new rock is formed where magma is continues to form and get biggger and the sea floor spreads and when the magma meets the ocean floor it cools

Question 18

what are the types of plate boundarys

Answer 18

divergent boundary
covergent boundary
transform boundary
there is alos only one transport boundary

Question 19

how do covergent plates move

Answer 19

they collide together

Question 20

what can be created with type plate boundary

Answer 20

volcanic islands

Question 21

how do divergent plate boundaries move

Answer 21

they move away from one each other