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What is molten material on Earth's surface called?
lava
List the layers of Earth in order, top to bottom.
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
What is the name of the supercontinent?
Pangaea
Where was Alfred Wegener from?
Germany
Type of plate boundary where 2 plates are moving apart
What is divergent?
What is molten material below Earth's surface called?
magma
Which layer is made of liquid metal?
Outer Core
A break in Earth's crust.
Fault
Evidence of matching animal fossils from what two separate continents?
What is Africa and South America?
type of plate boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other.
What is convergent?
The shaking of Earth's crust due to transform boundaries.
Earthquake
Which layer of Earth is coldest?
Crust
Evidence of tropical plants were found on this continent.
What is Antarctica?
Type of plate boundary where 2 plates are sliding past one another
What is transform plate?
A wide, gently sloping mountain made of layers of lava and formed by quiet eruptions
Shield Volcano
Where does the heat come from that drives convection currents?
the core
Who proposed the theory of continental drift (first and last name)?
Alfred Wegener
As tectonic plates move, what do they carry with them?
oceans and continents
This land form forms when two continental plates converge
What is a mountain?
Where in the united states is there a high risk of earthquakes?
Pacific Coast
Describe what happens to temperature and density as you travel down thru the layers.
They both increase.
What are the three forms of evidence that support continental drift?
Fossils, Land Features, Climates
Continental Drift Theory was not accepted because it did not explain this...
What is how the continents moved?
What happens at subduction zones?
Oceanic crust sinks under continental crust and creates volcanoes.