Plate Tectonics
1: How many earthquakes occur every year around the world? 2,000
2: What is the Tectonics Theory? Explain. The plates travel through the land
3: Where do the Tectonic forces originate? The mantle layer
4: What are Earth’s 3 main layers? The core, mantle, and crust
5: Where is Tectonic activity concentrated? It is concentrated in the ring of fire
6: What is the Lithosphere? Where is it located? The lithosphere is
7: What is the Asthenosphere? Why is it important to plate tectonics? The mantle
8: How fast do plates move (average?) It takes the same amount of time as it does for your fingernails to do
9: What are the 3 types of plate boundaries? Convergent, divergent, and transformed
10: What happens at Divergent Boundaries? Where are these mostly located? They pull away from each other. These are located on the sea floor.
11: What kind of rock is Oceanic Crust made of? Granite
12: What happens at Convergent Boundaries? What is often formed? Explain. They collide. After this it will form a mountain.
13: What is Granite? Where is it found? Granite is a type of rock which is found in the mountains.
14: What happens at Transform Boundaries? What is special about transform boundaries? They form more land.
2: What is the Tectonics Theory? Explain. The plates travel through the land
3: Where do the Tectonic forces originate? The mantle layer
4: What are Earth’s 3 main layers? The core, mantle, and crust
5: Where is Tectonic activity concentrated? It is concentrated in the ring of fire
6: What is the Lithosphere? Where is it located? The lithosphere is
7: What is the Asthenosphere? Why is it important to plate tectonics? The mantle
8: How fast do plates move (average?) It takes the same amount of time as it does for your fingernails to do
9: What are the 3 types of plate boundaries? Convergent, divergent, and transformed
10: What happens at Divergent Boundaries? Where are these mostly located? They pull away from each other. These are located on the sea floor.
11: What kind of rock is Oceanic Crust made of? Granite
12: What happens at Convergent Boundaries? What is often formed? Explain. They collide. After this it will form a mountain.
13: What is Granite? Where is it found? Granite is a type of rock which is found in the mountains.
14: What happens at Transform Boundaries? What is special about transform boundaries? They form more land.