PLATE TECTONICS QUESTIONS

1)  When did you feel the most connected to nature?

2)  Why study the Earth?

3)  What is a crustal plate?

4)  What is Plate Tectonics?

5)  Define the following plate boundaries:

A)  Convergent-

B)  Divergent-

C)  Transform-

6)  Where are most divergent plate boundaries found?

7)  What land formation is found in the middle of the ocean?

8)  Why is the mid-oceanic ridge in the middle of the ocean?

9)  Where are most convergent boundaries?

10)  Describe and analyze the subduction zone.

11)  At the subduction zone,    a) earthquakes  occur     

b) volcanoes are made     c) mountains are pushed up     

d) all      e) none.

12)  What are two ways that mountains are created?

13)   How are mountains slowly destroyed?

14)  What creates earthquakes?

15)  Why is Oakland and the Bay Area have such strong earthquakes?

16)  What goes in an earthquake preparedness kit?

17)  Did the map of the globe always look like it does today?

Explain.

18)  What are your questions about the Earth?