The person who suggested that all the continents were all connected as one large landmass
Who is Alfred Wegener
The instrument that measures seismic waves
What is a seismograph
The plates are still moving at a rate of _________ cm per year
what is 1.25
The theory that states that Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
What is plate tectonics
The waves that are generated by an earthquake
What is seismic waves
what is 200
The _________ is the measure of the energy that is released during an earthquake
What is the magnitude
The scale that that we use to measure earthquakes on. It is based on the height of the lines on a seismograph
What is the Richter Scale
When a volcano erupts, the molten rock is called what
what is lava
Where is the world's most volcanically active area?
What is the Ring of Fire?
For this type of fault, the hanging wall slides downward
what is normal fault
A _________ is a fountain of superheated water and gas that shoots up from the ground
what is a geyser
An undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean
ocean trench
how many seismograph stations are needed to determine the epicenter of an earthquake
what is 3
This type of volcano has the most powerful eruptions
what is composite volcano
When continental and oceanic plates collide, it can form this geological structure
what is a volcano
____________ proposed the theory about seafloor spreading
Who is Harry Hess