Tectonic Plates
What layer of the earth are the tectonic plates found in?
The crust
What was earth formed from?
Leftover dust from a solar nebula
How is heat transfered in conduction?
Transfer of heat from one particle of a material to another with the particles being in direct contact with each other
What did Alfred Wegener Propose?
Continental Drift
How are earthquakes formed?
They're formed from tectonic plates shifting
What is the ring of fire?
A reigion of tectonic activity including earthquakes, volcanos, and tsuinamis
What was earth made of during formation?
Molten metal and rocks.
What are the main three types of heat transfer?
Conduction, radiation, and convection
What did Alfred Wegener study?
Meteorology
what are volcanoes made of?
Hardened Magma,tepha
What are the three ways tectonic plates can move?
Convergent, divergent,and transform
How did earth get its water?
It came from asteroids crashing into earth
How does heat get transfered in convection?
Transfer of heat from one particle of a material to another with the particles being in direct contact with each other
What did he find on the coast of South America and Africa?
The fossils of the same species of plants and animals
How is a volcano formed?
When magma rises from deep within earth's crust.
What are the tectonic plates made out of?
The oceanic lithosphere and continental lithosphere
How were the layers formed?
The denser materials sink to the bottom add the less dense ones float closer to the top
How is heat transfered in radiation?
Transfer of heat by electromagnetic waves of energy
How and where did Alfred Wegener die?
He went to greenland and got a heart attack
How many volcanoes are in the ring of fire?
What is the most dense tectonic plate?
The pacific plate
What's the process in which dust and gas particles collided to form the earth?
Accretion
How much heat does a nuke produce?
100 million degrees Celsius
What was the title of his book?
The Origin of Continents and Oceans
How many people died in the deadliest earthquake ever recorded?
830,000 people in Shanshi, China in 1556