Important People
This man discovered the theory of Continental Drift.
Who was Alfred Wegener?
Molten rock that is found under the surface of the Earth.
What is magma?
This is the year when Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Rome.
What is 79 A.D.?
The tallest chain of mountains caused by continental drift.
What is the Himalayan Mountain Range?
The 4 layers of the Earth's Structure.
What is Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core?
The first person to theorize the existence of Pangaea.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
The theory of the Earth's internal structure and its movements.
What is tectonic plates?
This is approximately how long ago the last Yellowstone eruption took place.
What is 630,000 years ago?
The ___________ caldera is one of the most devastating volcanoes in the world.
What is Yellowstone Caldera?
These are the 3 kinds of plate boundaries.
What is Convergent, Divergent, and Transform Boundaries.
The person who developed the theory of convection currents.
Who was Arthur Holmes?
The crust and upper part of the mantle that tectonic plates are made of.
What is the Lithosphere?
The year when the theory of continental drift was discovered.
What is 1912?
The ____ __ ____ is the largest chain of volcanoes.
What is Ring of Fire?
This causes large tectonic landmasses to move to different locations over long stretches of time.
What is continental drift?
This was the person who acknowledged and discovered the idea or theory of seafloor spreading.
Who was Harry Hess?
Thermal forces inside of the earth's mantle that results in the movement of tectonic plates.
This is the DATE that Mount Saint Helens erupted.
What is May 18, 1980?
One of the Earth's hotspots has created a chain of volcanoes known as ___ ________ _______.
What is the Hawaiian Islands?
Most of the Earth is made of these materials.
What is Iron, Oxygen, and Silicon?
He discovered the idea of hotspots in the Earth's lithosphere.
Who is Tuzo Wilson?
The stationary tectonic magma plume located in the mantle, which causes chains of volcanoes to form.
What is a hotspot?
This is the DATE when Mount Tambora erupted.
What is April 10, 1815?
This is the most volcanically active island chain and country in the world.
What is Indonesia?
Pangaea Proxima will converge on this fault line.
What is Pacific Ocean Ridge?