FILL THAT WORD!
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TECTONICS
Name a famous transform boundary.
San Andreas Fault!!!!!!!!
_______ is what the earth originally was.
Pangaea
Who made the Continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegener
Am I serious that Alfred Wegener proposed the idea of plate tectonics in 1913
I'm not serious
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WEGENER
What happens at a transform boundary?
Plates shear!
I will accept that they slide past each other as well.
I'm nice I know
_________ ________ is when plates collide
Convergent Boundaries!!!!
Who confirmed the Continental drift theory?
Harry Hess
Am I serious that Pangaea split into 2 parts called Gondwana and Laurasia?
I am serious!!!!
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HESS
What happens at a convergent boundary?
Plates collide!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
________ _______ is when plates slide past each other.
Transform Boundaries!!!!
Who proposed mantle thermal convection as the driving mechanism for moving continents in 1930?
Arthur Holmes!!!!
Am I serious that plate tectonics are part of the asthenosphere?
I'm not serious
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GONDWANA
What happens at a divergent boundary?
Plates divide!!!!!
...or separate
_________ ________ is when plates separate.
Divergent Boundaries!!!!!!
Who discovered earth's inner core?
Inge Lehmann!!!!!!!!!
Am I serious that Harry Hess came up with the theory of plate tectonics?
I'm serious!!!!
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LAURASIA
Where are plate tectonic located???
The lithosphere!!!!!!!
____________ _________ is the theory this whole Jeopardy is over.
Continental Drift, or Plate Tectonics. (I will accept both)
Your Welcome!
Who discovered the boundary between earth's crust and mantle?
Andrija Mohorovicic!!!!!!
Am I serious that divergent boundaries cause subduction zones?
I'm NOT serious.