Plate
Tectonics
- What sorts
of evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?
- What new evidence
lead to the development of the theory of plate tectonics?
- What are the
different types of plate boundaries?
- Where do these
different types of plate boundaries occur? Give some examples.
- What are the
characteristics of these different types of plate boundaries?
- What type
of plate motion is associated with each type of boundary?
- Which types
of boundaries produce volcanic eruptions? What type of volcanic
eruptions do they produce? Why?
- What specific
types of landforms are associated with each type of boundary (e.g. mountains,
valleys, trenches)? How are these landforms created?
- Is new
crust created or is old crust destroyed?
- Which types
of boundaries produce earthquakes? Are they shallow or deep focus earthquakes?
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