In 1912, German meteorologist, Alfred Wegener, suggested that one large, supercontinent eventually separated and drifted apart, forming into the seven continents we have today.
What is Continental Drift Theory?
100
Giant moving sections of the earth's crust.
What are tectonic plates?
100
Secondary, smaller earthquakes that result from a major earthquake.
What are aftershocks?
100
Mt. Everest
What is the highest mountain in the world?
100
A series of low-frequency shock waves traveling through the earth.
What is an earthquake?
200
The theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen "plates" that move around across the earth's surface relative to each other, like slabs of ice on a lake.
What is Plate Tectonics Theory?
200
These can be classified as either continental or oceanic.
What are tectonic plates?
200
The point of Earth's surface above center of earthquake activity.
What is epicenter?
200
A trough-like fold of rock strata.
What is a syncline?
200
An ocean wave caused by an earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
300
Plate tectonics occurred, but catastrophically. Slabs of oceanic crust broke loose and subducted along continental margins.
What is Catastrophic Plate Tectonics?
300
The energy of an earthquake.
What is magnitude?
300
A monocline is an example of this type of landform.
What is convergent landform?
300
A layer of rock.
What is stratum?
400
The geological belief that God created the universe and the world billions of years ago.
What is old-earth geology?
400
A natural feature of the earth's surface.
What are landforms?
400
Used to express an earthquake's magnitude.
What is Richter scale?
400
Grabens are found in this type of landform.
What is divergent landform?
400
The height of a mountain's peak above sea level.
What is elevation?
500
This view contrasts with evolution. According to the chronogenealogies in the Bible, the age of the universe and Earth is approximately 6,000 years.
What is young-earth geology?
500
A long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading.
What is mid-ocean ridge?
500
A body wave that cannot travel through Earth's core.
What is S-wave?
500
With this type of landform, basins are commonly seen.
What is subsidence landform?
500
The study of the earth's bedrock, earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains, and the forces that formed them.