Vocabulary
The thinnest layer of the Earth
The crust
There are ______________ main layers of the Earth.
Four
Created the Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Wegener
Earthquakes and Volcanoes are usually located in relation to
Plate boundaries
Mountains are the result of a ___________________________ boundary.
convergent
A number of rigid, but moving, pieces of Earth's surface
Tectonic plates.
The thickest layer of the Earth
The mantle.
Evidence of matching animal fossils from two separate continents _____________________ and _____________________
Africa and South America
What causes tectonic plates to be in constant motion?
Convection currents
bananas
The theory that all continents are fragments of Pangaea that are now drifting apart
The Continental Drift Theory
What are Dash's pets?
One dog and two chinchillas.
Evidence of tropical plants were found on this continent
Antarctica
What is Kaitlyn's dog's name?
Hannah
_________________ are a result from the build up of stress at a plate boundary.
earthquakes
What is Maribel's dog's name?
Chase
or Rat or Chasey-Poo
What is the rock cycle?
When rocks melt, cool, and erode.
Pangaea existed this many millions of years ago
Around 250 million years ago
This is the mechanism (what causes) the plates to move
convection cycles in the mantle
What three types of volcanoes are there?
Cinder cone, composite, and shield
this is the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is solid metal.
The inner core
yes
Continental Drift Theory was not accepted because it did not explain
how the continents moved
What are the two types of plates?
Oceanic and continental
What are Lily's cat's names?
or
Scaredy Cat and Stonks