Theories
Seafloor spreading was coined by scientist
Robert Dietz
Travelled to Europe to find more evidence that gradual changes had produced the features of the Earth's surface.
Charles Lyell
Other term for Convergent Plate Boundaries
Destructive Plate Boundaries
The border between two tectonic plates is called?
Boundary
Tectonic was derived from the greek word tekton which means
Carpenter or builder
States that the Earth has largely been shaped by sudden, short-lived, violent events.
Catastrophism
Which landform did George Cuvier stratigraphically sketched to prove Catastrophism?
Paris Basin
Characterized by tensional stresses that normally produce long rift zones and basaltic volcanism
Divergent plate boundaries
Give atleast 2 secondary plate.
Arabian, Caribbean, Cocos, Indian, Juan de Fuca, Philippine, Scotia
Give atleast three Primary plates
African, Antartic, Eurasian, Australian, North American, Pacific, South American
Who was convince that natural processes occured slowly over time through geologic forces that has been work since Earth first formed?
Harry Hess
Fossils found on the continents on both sides of the atlantic such as the Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus that lived during Triassic period is an example of what evidence of Plate Movement?
Paleontological Evidences
Measures only around 7km thick, is formed by magma, and has limited lifespan.
Oceanic Lithosphere
Differentiate the two types of Lithospheric plates
Continental and Oceanic Lithosphere
What are the four major evidences of plate movement?
Paleontological
Glaciation
Structure and Rock Types
Paleoclimates
What mechanism is being explained where in the Earth's mantle is moving in a conveyer belt motion
Mantle Convection Theory
Are found in Antartica that could prove that fauna and flora have abundantly dominated the now iced part of the planet.
Great coal deposits
The rocks of continental crust are nicknamed "_____", after their most characteristic elements.
sial (silicon and aluminum)
Say true if the statement if true and if false, change the incorrect word/s to make the statement true:
The age and density of oceanic crust increase from the sites of seafloor spreading.
true
Is the portion of motion of a tectonic plate that causes subduction
Slab Pull
Published in 1596 and one of the foundational works that gave rise to the Plate Tectonics Theory
Theatrum Orbis Terrarun
The technique of inverting seismological data to retrieve three-dimensional image of the anomalies within the velocity of the media beneath the Earth's surface.
Seismic Tomography
Continental lithosphere's oldest foundation; compromised of a mixture of granite and volcanic rocks.
Basement rocks
Say true if the statement if true and if false, change the incorrect word/s to make the statement true:
The Himalayas is a result of oceanic to continental destructive plate boundaries
continental to continental
Who (and what) proposed that explains the process wherein as the Earth's mantle becomes heated, it's density decreases and eventually rises up.
Arthur Holmes Mantle Convection Theory