Vocabulary
The thinnest layer of the Earth
the crust
Created the Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Wegener
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Mid Ocean Ridge
Cars Collide
Convergent Collide
The formula of density
Density = Mass / Volume
A number of rigid, but moving, pieces of Earth's surface
tectonic plates.
a puzzle
Draw The 3 Types of Plate Boundries
-> <-
<- ->
^ v
During Divide
Divergent Divide
The formula of Speed
Speed = Distance / Time
The theory that all continents are fragments of Pangaea now drifting apart
Continental Drift Theory
Evidence of matching animal fossils from two separate continents _____________________ and _____________________
Africa and South America
A Fault is an example of a ____________________ boundary.
Transform
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Seafloor Spreading
Mid Ocean Ridge
New Crust
Volcano
What is velocity
Velocity is Speed and Direction
States that youngest rocks of ocean floor are at divergent boundaries, moving outward
seafloor spreading
The mountains that are found on both continents are composed of the same form of rock,
Rock and Mountain Correlation
The mid-ocean ridge is an example of a ____________________ boundary and ___________________ occurs here where new ocean floor is formed.
divergent boundary; sea-floor spreading
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Mountain Trench Island Arc Volcano Volcanic Island Subduction
What is the Unit of Density?
g/cm3
Or
g/ml
What type occurs when oceanic and continental collide
Subduction, trench, Island Arcs, Volcanoes, And Volcanic Arc
Evidence of tropical plants was found in Antarctica
Evidence of Glacial Straches was found in Africa
Paleoclimate
(Ancient/Old Weather patterns)
The Mariana trench is an example of a ____________________ boundary and ___________________ occurs here where Oceanic and Continental meet
Convergent, subduction
Feet Cracks Ear Quacks
Fault Cracks Earth Quakes
How do you calculate acceleration?
acceleration = Force / Mass