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Continental Drift Theory Wildcard 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 Eleanor M. Savko Vocabulary Structure of the Earth Continental Drift Theory 11/20/2018 Plate Tectonics Wildcard 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

The thinnest layer of the Earth Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is Earth’s crust?

The rigid and moving pieces of Earth’s surface. Eleanor M. Savko The rigid and moving pieces of Earth’s surface. 11/20/2018

What are tectonic plates? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What are tectonic plates?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 The theory that all the continents are fragments of Pangaea and are now drifting apart.

What is the Continental Drift Theory? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is the Continental Drift Theory?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 States that the youngest rocks of the ocean floor are at divergent boundaries and the oldest rock is far away from the mid-ocean ridge.

What is sea-floor spreading? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is sea-floor spreading?

Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is SOLID metal. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is SOLID metal.

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is the inner core?

main layers of the Earth Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 There are _____ main layers of the Earth

Eleanor M. Savko What is 4? 11/20/2018

The thickest layer of the earth. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is the mantle?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Plates float on top of the __________. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018

What is the asthenosphere? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is the asthenosphere?

The rigid part of the Earth including the crust and the upper mantle (makes up the plates on the Earth) Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018

What is the lithosphere? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is the lithosphere?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 The Earth’s crust is thinnest under the ________ and thickest under the __________ .

What is the ocean and continents? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is the ocean and continents?

The person the created the Continental Drift Theory. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 The person the created the Continental Drift Theory.

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 Who is Alfred Wegner?

Evidence of matching animal fossils from two separate continents Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 Evidence of matching animal fossils from two separate continents __________& _______ ________

What are Africa and South America? Eleanor M. Savko What are Africa and South America? 11/20/2018

Evidence of tropical plants were found on this continent. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 Evidence of tropical plants were found on this continent.

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is Antartica?

Pangaea existed this many millions of years ago. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 Pangaea existed this many millions of years ago.

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is 250 Ma?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 Continental Drift Theory was not accepted because it does not explain this.

What are convection currents/how the continents moved? Eleanor M. Savko What are convection currents/how the continents moved? 11/20/2018

Earthquakes and volcanoes are usually located in relation to this. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018

What is the Pacific Ring of Fire or plate boundaries? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is the Pacific Ring of Fire or plate boundaries?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 DAILY DOUBLE!!!!

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 The mid-ocean ridge is an example of _______ boundary and ________ happens here where new ocean floor is formed.

What is divergent boundaries and sea-floor spreading? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is divergent boundaries and sea-floor spreading?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 Name four major plates.

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is any of the following; North American plate, South American plate, Eurasian plate, Indo/Australian plate, African plate, Antarctica plate .

What causes plates to move. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What causes plates to move.

What are convection currents? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What are convection currents?

The two types of convergent boundaries. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 The two types of convergent boundaries.

What is subduction (where volcanoes often occur) and collision (where mountains usually form)? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018

The Himalayan mountains are the result of a ________ boundary. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 The Himalayan mountains are the result of a ________ boundary.

What are convergent boundaries? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What are convergent boundaries?

Hot air or solid material that moves like a liquid in the mantle is less ______ than cool air or material that moves in the mantle. Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is dense?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 ____________ are a result from the build up of stress at a plate boundary.

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is an earthquake?

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a _________ boundary.

What is a transform boundary? Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 What is a transform boundary?

Eleanor M. Savko This person used sonar to map the bottom of the ocean and discovered the mid-ocean ridge in the Atlantic Ocean. 11/20/2018

Eleanor M. Savko 11/20/2018 Who is Harry Hess?