A break in the crust where rocks have slipped past each other
Continental crust consists mainly of this rock
Scientists rejected Wegeners theory because he could not
The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath trenches
Earth's lithosphere is broken into seperate sections called
A scientist who studies the forces that make and shape the earth
In a convection current, the cooler, deser fluid does this
The transfer of energy through empty space
Who first proposed the theory of Continential drift?
This erupts through the valley of the mid-ocean ridge
Heat transfer by movement of fluid is called
This is the boundary where 2 plates slip pass each other
This is part of the mantle that can bend like plastic
The process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor
The supercontinent that began to break apart 225 million years ago
Geologists study these waves to gather indirect evidence about the inner earth
These are deep underwater canyons that the ocean floor can plunge into
Heat transfer by direct contact of matter particles is
this theory that state that the pieces of the lithosphere are in constant but slow motion
the oceanic crust is made of this type of rock
The 3 evidences that Wegner used for his theory of continental drift
The 3 evidences that Hess used for his theory of sea floor spreading
Name the factors that set convection currents in motion
This is a boundary where 2 plates pull apart from each other
This is a boundary where 2 plates collide into each other
What is a fault?
What is granite?
What is explain the forces that push and pull continents?
What is subduction?
What are plates?
What is a geologist?
What is sink to the bottom?
What is radiation?
Who is Alfred Wegener?
What is molten material?
What is convection?
What is a transfrom boundary?
What is the asthenosphere?
What is sea floor spreading?
What is pangaea?
What are sesmic waves?
What are deep ocean trenches?
What is conduction?
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
What is basalt?
What are matching landforms,similar fossils and evidence of climate change?
What are molten material on the sea floor(pillows), magnetic stripes, and the age of the rocks through drilling samples?
what is temperature differences, density difference and gravity?
What is a divergent boundary?
What is a convergent boundary?
