Wegener
The name Wegener game to the super-continent that existed 300 million years age
What is Pangea?
The adding of new material to the ocean floor.
What is sea floor spreading?
This constant motion causes the plates to move
What are convection currents?
When 2 plates separate.
Name the world’s largest ocean.
The Pacific Ocean
Wegener's hypothesis was rejected because he could not prove what?
What is HOW the continents moved?
Long underwater mountain chains formed by divergent boundaries.
What are mid ocean ridges?
Breaks in the Earth's crust found at transform boundaries.
What are faults?
When 2 plates collide?
What is a convergent boundary?
What nation owns all pandas, no matter where they are born?
Term for the continents slow movement on Earth's surface.
What is continental drift?
During subduction, the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle creating these underwater landforms.
What are deep sea trenches?
Two continental plates colliding will create this land feature.
What are folded mountains?
This famous fault line resides in California.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
Where do the winners of the NBA finals go as a gift?
The White House.
Name a piece of evidence Wegener used to support his claim.
What is fossil evidence, rock evidence, climate evidence?
In the mid-1900s (WW2), scientists mapped the ocean floor using this.
What is sonar?
Transform boundaries usually cause these.
What are earthquakes?
Two continental plates separating they will create this
What is a rift valley?
Where did the Olympic Games originate?
Greece.