The Continental Drift
What was the supercontinent called? ¿Cómo se llamó el supercontinente?
Pangaea
Name all 3 types of boundaries
Nombra los 3 tipos de límites.
Convergent, Divergent, Transformation
Double points if you can tell me how all of them move
Puntos dobles si puedes decirme cómo se mueven todos.
The crust is also called the _____________.
Lithosphere
Describe the relative age of layer A
Use this format for your answer: Layer A is older or younger than ___________
Layer A is older than layer D or E
Layer A is younger than layer C or D
Which layer of the earth causes the earth's plates to move? ¿Qué capa de la tierra hace que las placas terrestres se muevan?
A. Inner Core
B. Lithosphere
C. Mantle
D. Outer Core
C. Mantle
Oldest seafloor is found ____________ the mid ocean ridge.
El fondo marino más antiguo se encuentra ____________ en la dorsal media del océano.
away from
Which letter shows where new plate material comes from?
Z
Fossils are found in what type of rock?
¿En qué tipo de roca se encuentran los fósiles?
a. Metamorphic
b. Sedimentary
c. Igneous
b. Sedimentary
The law of superposition says:
a. Rocks change over time (Las rocas cambian con el tiempo)
b. Old rocks form on top of younger rocks (Rocas viejas se forman sobre rocas más jóvenes.)
c. Younger rocks form on top of older rocks (Las rocas más jóvenes se forman sobre rocas más viejas.)
c. Younger rocks form on top of older rocks
When does the convection cycle stop?
¿Cuándo se detiene el ciclo de convección?
It never stops
What couldn't Wegner prove about the continents?
¿Qué no pudo demostrar Wegner sobre los continentes?
How they moved
What type of boundary is happening at point A?
convergent
+100 points if can tell me how it moves
What are the two types of crust?
¿Cuáles son los dos tipos de corteza?
Ocean and Continent
What is the Law of Superposition?
Younger rocks form on top of older rocks
Rocas más jóvenes se forman encima de las rocas más viejas
Hot materials _________ because they _______ dense.
Los materiales calientes _________ porque _______ densos.
a. rise, more (subir, más)
b. sink, less (hundir, menos)
c. rise, less (subir, menos)
d. sink, more (hundir, más)
c. rise, less
Name 4 pieces of evidence that support the Continental Drift.
Nombra 4 pruebas que respalden la deriva continental.
- Mountains - Climate
- Fossils - Rock sequence
- Glaciers - Fits of the continents
divergent
What is the Ring of Fire?
the volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
Which rock layer is most likely the oldest?
Layer C
Older seafloor is found ____________ the mid ocean ridge.
El fondo marino más antiguo se encuentra ____________ en la dorsal media del océano.
away from
What caused the continents to drift apart?
¿Qué causó que los continentes se separaran?
Earth's plates moving
Where do 90% of earthquakes and 75% of volcanoes happen?
¿Dónde ocurren el 90% de los terremotos y el 75% de los volcanes?
The ring of fire
Do mountains ever stop growing?
No, because earth's plates are always moving.
Put the layer in order from oldest to youngest.
C B A D E
How do plates recycle?
¿Cómo se reciclan los platos?
Old plates go into the mantle at subduction zones and new plates come out of the mid-ocean ridges or volcanoes