FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CONTINENTAL DRIFT

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CONTINENTAL DRIFT

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Question 1: WHICH NEST DESCRIBES A MAJOR CHARACTERISTIC OF BOTH

VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES

Answer:

THEY ARE LOCATED IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

Question 2: DEFINITION OF EARTHQUAKE

Answer:

VIOLENT SHAKING AND MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH'S CRUST ALONG A FAULT OR ZONE OF

WEAKNESS

Question 3: SEISMOGRAM

Answer:

A TRACE PRODUCE RECORDING GROUND MOTION

Question 4: THE DIFFERENCE IN ARRIVAL TIME BETWEEN P AND S WAVES PROVIDES A WAY

Answer:

TO LOCATE THE EPICENTER

Question 5: WHICH EVIDENCE CAUSES MOST SCIENTISTS TO BELIEVE THE SEAFLOOR

SPREADING OCCURS AT THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE?

Answer:

OCEANIC CRUST ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIDGE SHOWS MATCHING PATTERNS OF

REVERSED AND NORMAL MAGNETIC POLARITY

Question 6: ACCORDING TO TECTONIC PLATE MAPS, NEW YORK STATE IS PRESENTLY

LOCATED

Answer:

NEAR THE CENTER OF A LARGE PLATE

Question 7: ORIGINAL HORIZONTALITY

Answer:

ALL ROCK LAYERS ARE ORIGINALLY DEPOSITED AS FLAT, HORIZONTAL UNITS

Question 8: WHAT ACTION MOST LIKELY FORMED THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE

Answer:

EARTHQUAKE FAULTING

Question 9: WHERE ARE THE YOUNGEST ROCKS FOUND AT A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY ?

Answer:

RIDGE

Question 10: ACCORDING TO YOUR ESRT WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TRANSFORM

BOUNDARY THAT CAUSES MAJOR EARTHQUAKES TO OCCUR ON THE EASTERN PART OF

THE PACIFIC?

Answer:

MID-OCEAN RIDGE

Question 11: ORIGIN TIME

Answer:

THE ACTUAL TIME AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED

Question 12: WHICH STATEMENT CORRECTLY COMPARES SEISMIC P-WAVES WITH SEISMIC

S-WAVES

Answer:

P-WAVES TRAVEL FASTER THAN S-WAVES AND PASS THROUGH EARTH'S LIQUID ZONES

Question 13: SEAFLOOR SPREADING IS OCCURING AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE

Answer:

INDIAN-AUSTRALIAN PLATE AND THE ANTARCTIC PLATE

Question 14: THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES

Answer:

DIVERGENT, TRANSFORM AND CONVERGENT

Question 15: WHAT CAN'T DEEP-FOCUS EARTHQUAKES OCCUR AT A TRANSFORM PLATE

BOUNDARY?

Answer:

THE EARTHQUAKES ARE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH

Question 16: ONE OF THESE TRENCHES IS LOCATED AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN WHICH

PLATES?

Answer:

AUSTRALIAN AND PACIFIC

Question 17: CONVERSION

Answer:

HEAD ON COLLISION

Question 18: STRATA

Answer:

LAYERS OF ROCK

Question 19: WHICH STATEMENT BEST SUPPORTS THE THEORY THAT ALL CONTINENTS

WERE ONCE A SINGLE LANDMASS?

Answer:

ROCK AND FOSSIL CORRELATION CAN BE MADE WHERE THE CONTINENTS APPEAR TO FIT

TOGETHER

Question 20: ALTERNATING PARALLEL BANDS OF NORMAL AND REVERSED MAGNETIC

POLARITY ARE FOUND IN THE BASALTIC BEDROCK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE

Answer:

MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

Question 21: ACCORDING TO TECTONIC PLATE MAPS NEW YORK STATE IS PRESENTLY

LOCATED

Answer:

NEAR THE CENTER OF A LARGE PLATE

Question 22: WHERE ARE THE OLDEST ROCKS FOUND AT A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

Answer:

TOWARDS THE CONTINENTS

Question 23: OCEANIC-OCEANIC BOUNDARY

Answer:

TWO OCEAN PLATES CONVERGE AND ONE SUBDUCTS BENEATH THE OTHER, THIS TYPE OF

BOUNDARY OFTEN FORMS VOLCANOES ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, VOLCANIC ISLANDS FORM

AS A VOLCANO EMERGES FROM THE SEA

Question 24: DESPITE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH EFFORTS TO PREDICT

EARTHQUAKES

Answer:

HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL

Question 25: WHAT EVENTUALLY FORMS AT THE CENTER OF A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

Answer:

MID-OCEAN RIDGE UNDER WATER HILLS

Question 26: LIST ONE FEATURE THAT CORRESPONDS TO A DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Answer:

MID-OCEAN RIDGE