Volcanoes
Molten liquid rock located under the Earth's surface.
What is magma?
Plate boundary where plates move away from each other.
What is a divergent plate boundary?
Rocky outer layer of the Earth; includes crust and upper mantle
What is the lithosphere?
Term for our former super continent.
What is Pangaea?
Isolated belt around the Pacific Ocean where 90% of the world's volcanoes are located.
What is the ring of fire?
Plate boundary where plates collide with each other.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
Convergent plate boundaries create this zone; oceanic plates (more dense) slides beneath the mantle (less dense)
The study/theory of the formation and movement of plates.
What is plate tectonics?
Molten liquid rock that has reached the Earth's surface.
What is lava?
Plate boundary where plates are sliding past each other.
What is a transform plate boundary?
Scientist who is the originator of the continental drift theory.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
Evidence of plate tectonics.
What is:
-earthquake location data
-ring of fire
-tilted and folded rock layers
-fossilized animals
These plate boundaries can create volcanoes.
What are divergent and convergent plate boundaries?
Movement of continents from moving plates.
(Not Plate Tectonics)
What is continental drift?
Evidence of continental drift.
What is:
-fit of continents (puzzle)
-fossil correlation
-rock and mountain correlation
-paleoclimate data
Term for our former super ocean.
What is Panthalassa?