Chapter 25 Flashcards

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a system of mountain ranges with a rift valley between them that extends around earth on the seafloor; formed where oceanic plates spread apart due to magma rising from earths mantle

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mid-ocean ridge

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a long narrow depression formed in between the peaks along the mid-oceanic ridge

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rift valley

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boundary where two plated collide, produces either subduction zones or continental collisions

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convergent plate boundary

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4
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the movement of a dense oceanic plate under a buoyant continental plate

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subduction

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5
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a boundary between two plates that are moving apart

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divergent plate boundary

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tectonic plate boundary in which plates slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions

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transform plate boundary

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sudden movement or vibration of the ground that occurs when rocks slip and slide along enormous cracks in Earths crust

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earthquake

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8
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cracks in earths crust along which rock has moved

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fault

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9
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the sudden release of strain energy from rock as it moves along a fault

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elastic rebound

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10
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point of origin for an earthquake, the point from which seismic waves originate

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focus

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11
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the point on earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

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epicenter

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12
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who came up with the Continental drift hypothesis?

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Alfred Weneger

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12
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what evidence did Weneger find to back up his hypotheses

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  1. fossils (or Large animals fossils)
  2. Cost Lines
  3. Mountain and Ranges with same rock type and ages.
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13
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what is the name of the super continent

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Pangaea

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14
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who came up with the seafloor spreading hypothesis

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Harry Hess

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15
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How did he discover seafloor setting

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he used sonar

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16
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Hess discovered what with the sonar

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He discovered the mid-ocean ridge

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17
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What are the types of plate boundary

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  1. Convergent boundaries
  2. Divergent boundaries
  3. Transform boundaries
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18
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How many transform plate boundaries are there?

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1 which is the Caribbean plate

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19
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how do convergent plate boundaries move?

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together, collide, or converge —->

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20
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sebduction zones only happen with which type of plate boundary

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Convergent Boundary

21
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What two types of crust that are used with plate boundary

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oceanic crust and the continental crust

22
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if we have oceanic crust and continental crust what land forms do we have?

A

Volcanoes

23
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what type of land form will you have if two oceanic crust merge together

A

deep sea trench, or hot spots that create chain island (or volcanic island)

24
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what type of land forms is created if two continental crust merge together

A

mountains

25
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what type of crust must be present for a volcanic activity to occur

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oceanic crust

26
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how do divergent plate boundary move?

A

they move away from each other

27
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what are some examples of divergent plate boundaries?

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  1. MOR (Mid-Ocean-Ridge) (Two oceanic crust
  2. East African Rift
    3.
28
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how do transform plate boundary move?

A

They slide past each other

29
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What is a specific example of a transform plate boundary

A

San Andrea Fault (Continental crust)

30
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What is a Convection Current

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  1. Magma heats up, becomes less dense, and rises.

2. Magma cools, becomes more dense, and sinks

31
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What are three forces that plates in motion.

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  1. Slab pull
  2. Ridge push
  3. Friction
32
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which plate boundaries have shallow earthquake

A

divergent and transform

33
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Which plate boundary have deep earthquake

A

convergent plate boundary

34
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what are the type of stress that can act upon rocks movement

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  1. compression stress
  2. tension stress
  3. shear stress
  4. torsion stress
35
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_________ _________
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36
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What are the two types of deformation

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  1. Elastic

2. Plastic

36
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What are the two types of deformation

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  1. Elastic

2. Plastic

37
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what happens to the material when Elastic deformation happens.

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The material goes back to its original shape.

38
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what happens to the material when Plastic deformation happens.

A

It takes on a new shape

39
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how many Seismic waves are there

A
  1. Surface wave
  2. body wave
  3. Primary wave
  4. Compression wave
40
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What type of Seismic waves are the fastest

A

Primary waves (P-waves)

41
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What type of wave is a primary wave

A

Compression wave

42
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What type of material can primary wave move through

A

Solids and liquids.

43
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What type of wave is a S-wave

A

transverse wave

44
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What type of materials can the S-wave pass through

A

Solids

45
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Which waves is the most complex and does more damage.

A

Surface wave

46
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What are the two scales that help measure earthquakes

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  1. The Richter scale

2. Mercalli

47
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What does the Richter scale measure about an earthquake

A

the amount of energy

48
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What does the Mercalli scale measure about the earthquake.

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which is the amount of visible damage.