Mesosaurus
What is a fresh water reptile thought to have swam from South Amrica to Africa.
It didn't, why?
What types of boundary results in the formation of mountains?
Convergent
How do the plates move?
Through the mantels convection currents
Where do divergent boundaries exist?
where plates are spreading apart and new crust is formed
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core.
Which plate boundary has the potential to cause a major earthquake?
What is Transverse?
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Divergent, Convergent, Transform.
When did Pangaea exist?
What is 200 - 225 million years ago
"Utter rot", a "fairy tale" and "delerious ravings."
What are comments used to describe Alfred Wegener's book on CD.
Tropical weather & plants.
What is evidence to prove parts of Pangea were near the equator, but now are thousands of miles awat.
San Andreas Fault.
What is the longest fault in the United States. Located mostly in California.
Convergent Boundary
What is a boundary where two plates come together.
Subduction
What happens when two plates collide and one goes beneath the other.