1. Plate Tectonics Jeopardy!

2. May the force be with you
Continental Drift
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May the force be with you
Your all stressed out
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3. Continental Drift 100 Points
He is credited with helping to prove the theory of Continental Drift

4. Theme 1 Response 100 Points
Who is Alfred Wegener

5. Continental Drift 200 Points
Which piece of evidence for the theory of Continental Drift is not valid?

6. Continental Drift 200 Points
The continents seem to fit together like pieces of a puzzle

7. Continental Drift 300 Points
What was the final piece of evidence to help prove Continental Drift?

8. Continental Drift 300 Points
Sea-floor spreading helped to proved that the continents moved.

9. Continental Drift 400 Points
What was the name given to the ancient Super Continent that existed approx 200 million years ago?

10. Continental Drift 400 Points
What is Pangaea

11. CONTINENTAL DRIFT 500 POINTS
NAME (5) PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT HELPED TO SUPPORT THE THEORY OF CONTIMENTAL DRIFT.

12. Continental Drift 500 Points
Rock type/Layers lined up.
Coal Deposits
Glacial Deposits
Salt Deposits
Identical Fossils
Coastlines lined up.
Mountain Ranges Lined up

13. Pass me a Plate 100 Points
This is the term used to describe when one plate “dives” under another.

14. Pass me a Plate 100 Points
What is Subduction

15. New Crust is created here.
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New Crust is created here.

16. What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge
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What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge

17. Crust is destroyed at this area on the Ocean Floor
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Crust is destroyed at this area on the Ocean Floor

18. Pass me a Plate 300 Points
Deep Sea Trench.

19. Pass me a Plate 400 Points
The force responsible for the movement of the plates that comes from the upper part of the Mantle is called?

20. Pass me a Plate 400 Points
Convection Currents

21. Pass me a Plate 500 Points
When two plates collide what factor will be responsible for determining which plate gets subducted?

22. Pass me a Plate 500 Points
The density of the plate. The denser plate will subduct under the lighter plate. Ex- Ocean plate subducts under the continental plate

23. May the Force be with you 100 Points
When plate edges move suddenly along a fault what will occur?

24. Seismic activity- Earth Quakes
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Seismic activity- Earth Quakes

25. Pass me a Plate 200 Points
This is the name given to the boundary when two plates slide past each other

26. What is a Transform Boundary
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What is a Transform Boundary

27. Pass me a Plate 300 Points
Continental to Continental collisions produce these landforms on the Earth?

28. Pass me a Plate 300 Points
What are Mountains

29. What 2 features are being created?
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What 2 features are being created?

30. What are Volcanic Arcs and a Trench.
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What are Volcanic Arcs and a Trench.

31. Is ocean floor being created, or destroyed? Explain.
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Is ocean floor being created, or destroyed? Explain.

32. Destroyed by convergence into trenches.
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Destroyed by convergence into trenches.

33. You’re all stressed out 100 Points
Observe the diagram. Which Stress is occurring at the San Andreas Fault?

34. You’re all stressed out 100 Points
What is shearing.

35. You’re all stressed out 200 Points
What is the name of the boundary that is characterized by shearing?

36. You’re all stressed out 200 Points
Transform Boundary

37. You’re all stressed out 300 Points
Which force helps to build mountains?

38. You’re all stressed out 300 Points
What is Compression

39. You’re all stressed out 400 Points
The Mid-Ocean ridge runs between S.America and Africa. What type of stress is occurring here?

40. You’re all stressed out 400 Points
What is tension

41. You’re all stressed out 500 Points
Observe the Graph. How long did it take for the First “S” wave to arrive?

42. You’re all stressed out 500 Points
What is 12 minutes.

43. Along for the ride 100 Points
Direction (Compass) the N. American Plate is moving.

44. Along for the ride 100 Points
What is West

45. Along for the ride 200 Points
Name the two colliding plates that have formed the Himalayan Mountains.

46. Along for the ride 200 Points
The Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian plate

47. Along for the Ride 300 Points
Explain how the size of the ocean floor remains relatively constant

48. Along for the ride 300 Points
The rate of new ocean floor being created at the mid-ocean ridges, and the rate of ocean floor being destroyed at the trenches are virtually equal

49. Along for the ride 400 Points
What is the name of the shaded area?

50. Along for the ride 400 Points
“Ring of Fire”

51. Along for the ride 500 Points
What occurs at this location?

52. Along for the ride 500 Points
Seismic and Volcanic activity

53. This really proves that the Earth is all that it is “cracked-up” to be!

54. DAILY DOUBLE