Divergent Boundaries
Created the Continental Drift Theory
Who is Alfred Wegener
Earthquakes and Volcanoes are usually located in relation to these
A plate boundary
The Himalayan mountains are the result of a ___________________________ boundary.
a convergent boundary
Evidence of matching animal fossils from two separate continents _____________________ and _____________________
What is Africa and South America
The mid-ocean ridge is an example of a ____________________ boundary and ___________________ occurs here where new ocean floor is formed.
divergent boundary; sea-floor spreading
Hot air or liquid is less ________________ than cool air or liquid
dense
_________________ are a result from the build up of stress at a plate boundary.
earthquakes
Name four of the major plates
North American plate, South American plate, Eurasian Plate, Pacific plate, African plate, Antarctica plate
_________________ are a result from the build up of stress at a plate boundary.
earthquakes
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ____________________ boundary.
A transform boundary
This is what causes the plates to move
convection currents in the mantle
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ____________________ boundary.
What is a transform boundary
The three basic boundary types
Transform, Divergent, Convergent
This person used sonar to map the bottom of the ocean and discovered the mid-ocean ridge in the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Harry Hess!