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Chapter 8- Plate Tectonics Flashcards

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What is a long row of towering mountains?

A

Ridge

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What is a long narrow canyon in the ocean floor?

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Trench

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Which layer of earth is solid and made mostly of iron?

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Inner core

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Which layer is made mostly of iron mixed with smaller amounts of other materials?

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Outer core

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Which layer is made of oxygen, combined with silicon, magnesium, and iron ore?

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Mantle

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Which layer is made of oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, and calcium? Also the thinnest layer

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Crust

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Which plate is most of the United States on?

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North American Plate

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Which plate is Hawaii on?

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Pacific Plate

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Why didn’t scientists accept the idea of continental drift?

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Wegner couldn’t answer the question “What force could be strong enough to move whole continents?”

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Do hot liquids float or sink? Do they weigh more or less?

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Float. They weigh less.

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Which boundary is sea floor spreading found at?

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Spreading boundary

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How many plates is the lithosphere broken into?

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20

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How is an earth quakes epicenter related to its focus?

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The epicenter is directly over the focus

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True or false?

The inner part of earth’s crust is hot, melted rock.

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False.

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True or false?

The temperature at Earth’s core is as hot as the sun

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True

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True or false?

Earth’s crust and the outer mantle make up the lithosphere

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True

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True or false?

The lithosphere is broken into plates that float on melted rock

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True

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True or false?

Tectonic plates are found on continents

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False

18
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The outermost layer of earth?

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Crust

19
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Earths crust and the solid part of the mantle

A

Lithosphere

20
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What is the inner most layer of earth?

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The core

21
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The layer of earth just below the crust is called?

A

The mantle

22
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True or false?

Earth’s crust contains most of Earth’s mass

A

False

23
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True or false?

The outer core is liquid and the inner core is solid

A

True

24
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True or false?

The ocean floor contains deep trenches and mountains

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True

25
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True or false?

Convection currents in the ocean cause tectonic plates to move

A

False

26
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True or false?

Reversing magnetic fields in rock proved new crust is forming on the ocean floor

A

True

27
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What is the theory that continents drifted apart in the past and continue to do so today called?

A

Continental drift

28
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New crust is formed by _____ that cools on the ocean floor

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Magma

29
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The force that moves Earth’s played is called _________.

A

Convection

30
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True or false?

When one plate slides under another, volcanoes and ocean trenches can occur

A

True

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What is the area where 2 plates meet?

A

Plate boundaries

33
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What is a break in the Earth’s crust

A

Fault

34
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Theory stating that pieces of the lithosphere constantly move on top of a layer of partly melted rock is called

A

Plate tectonics

35
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Deep ocean trenches can form at ______ boundary

A

Colliding

36
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Huge valleys can form at a _____ boundary

A

Fracture

37
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Earth quakes can form at a _____ boundary

A

Fracture

38
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Mountains can form at a ____ boundary

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Colliding

39
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True or false?

Most volcanoes can’t be seen because they lie on the ocean bottom

A

True

40
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True or false?

Most earth quakes and volcanoes occur at plate boundaries

A

False

41
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The under ground point where the earth quake occurs is the_____

A

Epicenter

42
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An instrument called a ______ detects tremors

A

Seismometer

43
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__________ from satellites measure the movements of earths plates

A

Laser beams

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