Super
Continent
Continent
What is the name of the super continent we studied in class?
Pangea
One tectonic plate going under another
Subduction
Subduction zones
Convergent
One of the earliest ways geologist thought continents moved over time
Continental Drift
The formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at mid ocean ridges
Sea floor spreading
Volcanoes and mountains
Divergent and convergent
The study of Earth science
When two tectonic plates collide
Convergent boundary
Mid ocean ridges
Divergent
The remains or imprints of organisms from earlier geological periods
Fossil records
When tectonic plates divide
Divergent boundary
Valleys
Divergent
Name of the scientist who studied the super continent we studied in class
Alfred Wegener
When tectonic plates slide
Transform boundary
Earthquakes
Convergent, divergent, and transform