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Continental Boundaries & Drift Flashcards

1
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name the major plates in alphabetical order

A

African plate, antarctic plate, Eurasian plate, Indo-Australian plate, North American plate, Pacific plate, South American plate

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2
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How many major plates are there

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seven

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3
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Hotter less dense material rises while cooler denser material sinks moves by cm/yr.

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mantle convection

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4
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What causes plates to move?

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moving mantle material aka basal friction

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5
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How slow does the slowest plate (Scotia) move?

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0 cm/yr

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6
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How fast does the fastest plate (Indian) move

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100 cm/yr

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7
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Secondary mechanism, gravity pushes oceanic plate away, higher elevation, Mid-ocean____

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ridge push

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8
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The oceanic plate is pulled into the mantle and is destroyed/ converted into mantle material due to subduction. Also a secondary mechanism.

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slab pull

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9
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What do characteristics of plates depend on?

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location/way they move/ Oceanic or Continental

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10
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2 plats grind past each other.

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transform boundary

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11
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plates are not created nor destroyed

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transform boundary

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12
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powerful earthquakes are created

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transform boundary

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13
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potential energy that builds then slips

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transform boundary

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14
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no volcanoes

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transform boundary

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15
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San Andreas Fault

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transform boundary

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16
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frequent weak earthquakes that cause cities to move closer together

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transform boundary

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17
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two plates move away from each other

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divergent boundaries

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18
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small volcanoes & shallow/weak earthquakes

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divergent boundaries

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19
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two types of divergent boundaries

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1)oceanic-oceanic
2)continental-continental

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20
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Seafloor spreading and new floor built

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oceanic- oceanic divergent

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21
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new oceanic basin

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oceanic-oceanic divergent

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22
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How new crust is formed

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oceanic-oceanic divergent

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23
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mid-ocean ridge that forms at the spreading center

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oceanic-oceanic divergent

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24
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newest lithosphere

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oceanic-oceanic divergent

25
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Mid-Atlantic ridge:caused by Eurasia and North American plate in the North along with south america and africa in the south.

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oceanic-oceanic divergent

26
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Rift valley forms as ocean splits
central rift splits and ocean water fills it. new ocean basin forms.

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continental-continental divergent

27
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most action,plates move and slide towards each other

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convergent boundaries

28
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three types:

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1) Oceanic-Oceanic convergent boundaries
2)Continental-Oceanic convergent boundaries
3) Continental-Continental boundaries

29
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subduction zone, trench, into asthenosphere and converted into mantle material, Strong Volcanoes&Earthquakes

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Continental/Oceanic convergent

30
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Andes mountain range

A

continental/oceanic convergent

31
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older cooler and denser crust slips below the other, causes volcano formation and island arcs, tsunamis,

A

oceanic/oceanic convergent

32
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Japanese & Aleutian Islands

A

oceanic/oceanic convergent

33
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no subduction, no compression, rise up, plates are compressed, folded & uplifted, causing formation of huge mountains, Earthquakes are weaker than transform boundaries but greater than divergent boundaries so medium
no volcanoes

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continental/continental convergent

34
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Himalayas

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Continental/Continental Convergent

35
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continents are part of the plate and they move slowly cm/yr. mantle convection and basal friction

A

plate tectonics

36
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supercontinent, most of all land on Earth

37
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335 mya

38
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Pangea started to break up into smaller continents

39
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Mostly was in southern hemisphere and surrounded by global ocean.

40
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pan means

41
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gaia means

42
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due to divergent boundaries forming rift valleys pangea splits in two in
the first split

43
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two parts of Pangea

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1) Laurasia
2) Gondwana

44
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North America, Eurasia, Greenland

45
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South america, africa, India, arabia, antarctica, australia

46
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Gondwana breaks into five major parts

47
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Laurasia breaks into North America+greenland= laurentia & Eurasia

48
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India runs into Asia and form the Himalayas in

49
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Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America which seperates the Atlantic and pacific ocean

50
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Supercontinents are

51
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Nuna

52
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Rodinia

53
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panotia

54
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Pangea Ultima

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250 mya into the future . The supercontinent of the future

55
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230 mya fossils found in Africa, South America, and Antarctica

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Cygnognathus

56
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250 mya fossils in India, Africa, and Antarctica

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Lystrosaurus

57
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250 mya fossils found in Africa & South America

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Mesosaurus

58
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250 mya fossils in africa, India, New Zealand & Australia, and Antarctica

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Glossopteris

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