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Tetonic Plates Flashcards

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What’s the continental drift theory

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all continents were together at some point, then something caused them to drift apart over time

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All the continents together were called…

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Pangea

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Pangea consisted of…

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Laurasia
Gondwana

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Laurasia consisted of

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North America, Europe and Asia

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Gondwana consisted of

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South America
Africa
India
Australia
Antarctica

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Three types of evidence of the continental drift are

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Fossils
Mountain ranges
Ocean floor spreading

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Explain fossils, in context of evidence of the continental drift

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Mesosaurus were land animals that couldn’t swim.
Their fossils were found in both South America and Africa.
Therefore, continents were once connected.

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Explain mountain ranges, in context of evidence of the continental drift

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Mountain ranges in Pangaea, were lined up and were formed of rocks that were the same type and structure
Therefore, continents were once connected

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Explain ocean floor spreading, in context of evidence of the continental drift

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The Atlantic ocean didn’t exist during Pangaea. It appeared once the continents started drifting apart.
This is ocean floor spreading
therefore the continents were once connected.

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What are tectonic plates?

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*A section of earths crust that can move on the mantle
Due to sections being formed from deformed crust due to heat rising from the mantle

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What are plate boundaries?

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The edges of tectonic plates

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Name some plates (7 at least)

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Pacific
North American,
Nazca,
South American,
African,
Eurasian,
Arabian,
Indian,
Philippine,
Indo Australian,
Antarctic,
Caribbean

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Explain how plates move (3)
Idrk it’s fine

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Heat inside earth rises from core and spreads through the mantle
via convention currents

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Name the different types of plate boundries (3)

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Convergent
Divergent
Passive/transverse

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Explain convergent

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Moves towards each other

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Explain divergent

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Moving part

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Explain transverse

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Plates sliding past each other

18
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Folded mountain ranges (3)

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*Form along convergent plate boundaries
*Folds up and lift sedimentary rock between them
*Forms fold mountains

19
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Landforms associated with different plate boundaries are (

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*folded mountain ranges
*ocean floor spreading
*oceanic trenches

20
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Ocean floor spreading + mid oceanic ridges (1:3)

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*Occur along divergent plate boundaries involving 2 oceanic plates
*Plates pull apart, magma rises and solidifies
and new land is created

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Oceanic trenches

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*Oceanic plate converges with a continental one
*Oceanic plate Is denser so it slides under continental plate
*Seabed forms a trench under subduction zone

22
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Subduction zone definition

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A deep trench on an ocean floor
Where an oceanic plate is drawn under along a plate boundary

23
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Constructive plate boundary

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Plate boundary where new land is formed

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Deconstructive plate boundary

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Plate boundary where land is being destroyed

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Warping definition (3)

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*Rocks Change shape when compressed from sides
*Compressional forces aren’t that strong
*Rocks bend slightly

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Folding definition

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*Bending of rocks into folds
*Due to strong compressional forces from the sides

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Types of folds depend on…

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The degree of compressional force to rocks

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Symmetrical fold

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Axial plane is vertical

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Asymmetrical fold

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Axial plane is inclined

30
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Overturn

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Axial plane is inclined to the extent that strata on one limb is overturned

31
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Overthrust fold (3)

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Pressure’s very great
Fold breaks
A limb is pushed forward into another limb

32
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Landforms associated with folding

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Synclinal valleys and anticline ridges turn into synclinal ridges and anticlinal valleys due to erosion

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Shield definition

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Stable parts of crust that fairly flat plateau due to little movement.

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Basin definition

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Large lowland region between Shields and fold mountain ranges.

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Rock faulting definition

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A crack that forms in rocks due to continuous tension and compression forces

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What’s a fault line

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Line along earths surface where a fault occurs

37
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Types of rock faults (3×2)

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Normal [tension pulling em apart]
Tear/transform [moving past each other]
Reverse [compression towards each other]

38
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Landforms associated with faulting
(3)

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*fault scarp
*block mountain
*rift valley

39
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Fault scarp definition

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Steep slope
that forms along a fault line
where rocks slide up and down

40
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Block mountain definition

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Block of land uplifted
Between partalel faults

41
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Rift valley definition

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Block of land
That slips down between parallel faults

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