Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
100
Where new lithosphere is produced at?
Oceanic Crust
100
How was the Himalaya Mountain Range formed?
folding and faulting of rocks
100
Earthquakes are produced during:
(a) plastic failure within the mantle
(b) brittle failure during faulting
(c) mushrooming during folding
(d) none of the above
Brittle failure during faulting
200
What is the name of the super continent that existed about 200 million years ago?
Pangea
200
Where is oceanic crust destoryed along?
Convergent plate boundaries
200
What are the types of Plate Boundaries?
Divergent,Convergent, Transform
200
Where do volcanoes occur?
Subduction Zones
300
Why was Wegener's idea of the continental drift rejected?
No theory for the push and pulls of the continents
300
What is the driving force of plate movement?
Convection current in the Earth's mantle.
300
Where two plates rub past each other in opposite directions is called?
Convergent
300
What type of plate boundary would you expect mostly light to minor earthquakes?
Divergent Plate boundaries
400
What is the theory that describes how continents are where they are today?
Continental Drift Theory
400
What is the outer parts of the Earth's crust called?
Lithosphere
400
Where are new oceanic crust forms at?
Divergent plate boundaries
400
What type of plate boundary would you expect a great earthquake?
Convergent plate boundaries
500
What evidence proved that South America, Africa, India, and Australia were once covered by glaciers?
Ice sheets found in warmer places
500
By what time period was there evidence supporting continental drift, which led to the development of plate tectonics?
Mesozoic Era
500
What is the correct order for the layers of the Earth?
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
500
What canadian city would be most likely to feel the effects of a massive earthquake?