Warm Up Questions

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Warm Up Questions

• Plate Tectonics

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date ___________
• List the layers of the Earth starting from the
  outside and going towards the center.
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date _______
• Which layer of the Earth is plastic (semi-liquid
  that flows)?
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date _______
• If Scientists cannot get to the mantle and core,
  how do they know about them?
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date _______
• What information was Alfred Wegener missing that
  was needed to support his continental drift
  theory?
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date _______
• What were the 2 pieces of evidence that finally
  proved Continental Drift Sea Floor Spreading?
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date _______
• In science, what is a theory?
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date _______
• Why does magma in the mantle rise to the crust at
  the mid-ocean ridge?
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Questions

• Todays Date _______
• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of a _______
  boundary

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date _______
• During oceanicoceanic convergence, the
  __________ crust subducts
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer

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Plate Tectonics Warm-up Question

• Todays Date _______
• Give an example of Hot Spot islands
• Your guess/answer at the start of class
• The correct answer