Test your noodle

Rules Work as a group. Each group responds to all questions. One person writes the answer for the team and shows it when asked. If you show too soon, no points! Your team will earn one point for each correct answer. Teacher can ask any group member to explain. If group member cannot do so, group will not earn the point. For true/false questions, all false responses only earn a point if the statement is successfully changed into a true statement. Group with the most points at the end will win.

WARM-UP ROUND

What kind of rock makes up most of the continents? Granite

What force causes the plates to drift? Convection currents in the mantle.

Where are earthquakes and volcanoes most likely to be found? Along plate boundaries

What kind of rock makes up most of the sea floor?

Along which kind of boundary is new sea floor being added? A divergent boundary

The Hawaiian Islands chain was formed as the pacific plate moved over a..... Hot Spot

What kind of geological feature is usually located where two oceanic plates converge? A trench

What geographic feature is likely to be found in regions where two continental plates collide? A mountain range

What kind of boundary exists between the Pacific and Indian- Australian plates? A convergent boundary

What kind of plate boundary exists along the California coast? A transform boundary

WARM-UPS are over. Now on to the preliminary round…

Word Bank seven divergent plate asthenosphere African Plate ten convection currents Alfred Wegner Harry Hess Pacific Plate rift valleys five subduction transform fault lithosphere plate boundary seven divergent plate asthenosphere African Plate ten convection currents Alfred Wegner Harry Hess Pacific Plate rift valleys five subduction transform fault lithosphere plate boundary Word Bank seven divergent plate asthenosphere African Plate ten convection currents Alfred Wegner Harry Hess Pacific Plate rift valleys five subduction transform fault lithosphere plate boundary Students may use the word bank below to answer the questions that follow.

Rules Work as a group. Each group responds to all questions. One person writes the answer for the team and shows it when asked. If you show too soon, no points! Your team will earn one point for each correct answer. Teacher can ask any group member to explain. If group member cannot do so, group will not earn the point. For true/false questions, all false responses only earn a point if the statement is successfully changed into a true statement. Group with the most points at the end will win.

Preliminary Round 1. A ___________ __________ is the place where plates meet. Plate Boundary

Preliminary Round 2. Tectonic plates consist of the crust and upper mantle, and when combined make up the ___________. lithosphere

Preliminary Round 3. There are __________ major lithospheric plates on the earth. seven

Preliminary Round 4. A __________ __________ boundary forms where plates are separating. Divergent plate

Preliminary Round 5. The __________ __________ is the largest plate. Pacific Plate

Preliminary Round 6. __________ __________ theorized that present day continents once were joined together in a large continent. Alfred Wegener

Preliminary Round 7. __________ __________ are movements of material caused by differences in temperature. Convection Currents

Preliminary Round 8. ___________ is the process of one lithospheric plate descending under another. subduction

Preliminary Round 9. Volcanic activity occurs along mid-ocean ridges in large cracks called ____________ ____________. Rift valleys

Preliminary Round 10. A boundary where two plates slide by each other is called a _______ _______. Transform fault

TRUE or FALSE? If the statement is false, change it to make it a true statement. (in order to earn your point)

TRUE or FALSE? 11. When lithospheric plates meet, volcanoes are often formed. TRUE

TRUE or FALSE? 12. Tectonic plates are in a constant state of swift motion. FALSE

TRUE or FALSE? 13. Mid-ocean ridges are the result of plate convergence. FALSE

TRUE or FALSE? 14. Newly formed rocks can be found on the ocean floor. TRUE

TRUE or FALSE? 15. Rocks on the ocean floor containing iron emit a magnetic field. TRUE

TRUE or FALSE? 16. A plant fossil called glossopteris was found on numerous continents. TRUE

TRUE or FALSE? 17. Scientists have discovered that the ocean floor is totally flat. FALSE

TRUE or FALSE? 18. The mid-ocean ridge is over 80,000 kilometers in length. TRUE

TRUE or FALSE? 19. Continents ride on top of tectonic plates. TRUE

TRUE or FALSE? 20. Sea-floor spreading is characterized by two adjacent plates moving toward each other. FALSE

FINAL ROUND What crustal feature forms at a divergent boundary with oceanic-oceanic crusts? Mid-ocean ridges

FINAL ROUND What crustal feature forms at a divergent boundary with continental- continental crusts? Rift Valleys

FINAL ROUND What crustal features forms at a convergent boundary with oceanic-oceanic crusts? (there are 2) Island Arcs (volcanic) & trench

FINAL ROUND What crustal features forms at a convergent boundary with oceanic-continental crusts? (there are 2) Volcanic mountains & trench

FINAL ROUND What crustal feature forms at a convergent boundary with continental- continental crusts? A Mountain Range

FINAL ROUND What crustal feature forms at a transform boundary? A Fault

FINAL ROUND Give a real-world example of an island that has a rift valley. Iceland

FINAL ROUND This crustal feature occurs at a _______ boundary. Divergent

Final Round The Hawaiian Islands were formed over a _______ __________.

FINAL ROUND What crustal features have formed at this boundary? Volcanic Arc and trench

FINAL ROUND New crust is __________ at this type of crustal feature…. Created or made; mid-ocean ridge

FINAL ROUND What type of motion occurs at the Japanese trench? Subduction

END OF THE FINAL ROUND TALLY YOUR POINTS

Just some pictures and stuff…

Where earthquakes occur…

E XAMPLE : NAZCA (O CEANIC C RUST ) AND SOUTH AMERICAN (C ONTINENTAL C RUST ) PLATE BOUNDARY ( CREATING THE A NDES )

E XAMPLE : I NDIAN AND E URASIAN P LATE - FORMED THE HIMALAYAS

E XAMPLE : N ORTH A MERICAN P LATE & P ACIFIC P LATE (S AN A NDREAS F AULT )