science

Question 1

What process occurs when one plate goes beneath the other?

Answer 1

subduction

Question 2

What comes together causing earthquakes & mountain ridges?

Answer 2

convergent boundary

Question 3

What is actually moving these giant plates around?

Answer 3

convection currents in the mantle

Question 4

Stress and pressure between 2 boundaries can result in…

Answer 4

earthquakes

Question 5

What year were the Canadian wolves brought down to Yellowstone to be reintroduced into the park?

Answer 5

1995

Question 6

The more _______ plate will go under the other plate in a convergent boudary.

Answer 6

dense

Question 7

This tectonic plate is the most active out of all plates and is the largest one on Earth.

Answer 7

pacific

Question 8

What plates slide back and forth causing friction and earthquakes?

Answer 8

transform

Question 9

Where in the world would you see a Transform Boundary?

Answer 9

San Andreas Fault

Question 10

What was the main reason Wegener’s continental drift theory was REJECTED?

Answer 10

He could not provide evidence for movement of continents.

Question 11

Yellowstone National Park sits above a __________

Answer 11

hotspot

Question 12

What happens when two oceanic plates collide?

Answer 12

The denser plate goes under the less dense plate.