Raging Planet

Question 1

Periods of folding

Answer 1

Alpine,armorican,caledonia

Question 2

What are the plates with land on top called

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Continetal plate

Question 3

Whats a plate with oceans on top

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Oceanic plates

Question 4

Whats the line were 2 plates meet

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Boundary

Question 5

The magma in the mantle is moved around in circular motion by

Answer 5

Convection currents

Question 6

What are plates that collied also callsd

Answer 6

Destructive (or convergent) boundaries

Question 7

Plates that slide past each other are

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Passive boundaries

Question 8

What do sliding plates cause

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Earthquakes and fault lines

Question 9

What is the crust broken into

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Pieces called plates

Question 10

The plates are constantly moving because of

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Continental drift

Question 11

How do volcanoes occur

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magma occurs in the crust when 2 plates pull apart and magma spill through the gaps

Question 12

The effects of volcanoes

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Mid ocean ridges,volcanic islands,volcanic mountains

Question 13

Whats the mid-Atlantic ridge

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Underwater mountain range

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Stages in a volcano

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Active,dormant,extinct

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Whats a active volvanoe

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The volcano still erupts

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Dormant volcano

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Hasn’t erupted for a long time may erupt in future

Question 17

Extinct volcano

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The volcano has not erupted in ages and will not erupt again

Question 18

Whats the pacific ring of fire

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A path along the pacific ocean where active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

Question 19

What are earthquakes

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Are sudden tremors or vibrations in earths crust

Question 20

What is the point beneath the surface where earthquakes happen called

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The focus

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What is directly above the focus

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Epicentre the tremors and vibrations are the strongest there

Question 22

How do fold mountains form

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Fold mountains form when 2 plates collide with each other

Question 23

Fold mountains

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The magma (formed from the heavier plays melting into the mantle) can move to the surface forming volcanoes

Question 24

Example of fold mountains

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The andes

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Parts of volcano

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Magma chamber,vent,crater,lava

Question 26

Movement of the Earths lithospheric plates called

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Tectonic movements

Question 27

Convergent

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Spread apart

Question 28

Divergent

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Slide past one another