The Quakers
The Gabbros
The 3 "Muscovites"
The "Gneiss" Guys
The Rock Stars
100
The scientist behind the Continental Drift theory.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
100
This "mathematical" idea applies to the process of subduction.
What is density?
100
This layer of the Mantle is where convection primarily occurs.
What is the asthenosphere?
100
This supercontinent is the most current one we know about and was the home to many species of dinosaurs.
What is Pangaea?
100
This theory explains how pieces of the lithosphere have moved and changed shape over time.
What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
200
This is the commonly referred to area where the Pacific Plate is subducting under multiple other plates.
What is the Ring of Fire?
200
This piece of evidence for Plate Tectonics was discussed after seafloor spreading and deals with the reversing poles of Earth.
What is magnetism?
200
These three pieces of evidence were presented by a scientist in favor of Continental Drift.
What are: rock strata, fossil record, and jigsaw puzzle?
200
This type of boundary has a famous example located in the western part of California, also known as the San Andreas Fault.
What is transform?
200
The deepest layer of Earth humans have ever been able to drill.
What is the Mantle?
300
The process Henry Hess discovered that led to the Theory of Plate Tectonics being "reborn".
What is seafloor spreading?
300
This natural disaster occurs at both divergent and convergent boundaries.
What is a volcano?
300
These are generated by earthquakes and have allowed us to determine what layers of the Earth are semi-solid.
What are p-waves & s-waves?
300
The process that the following image depicts:
What is subduction?
300
This natural disaster primarily takes place at transform boundaries.
What is an earthquake?
400
This is a lithospheric chunk that has different geological aspects than the surrounding crust.
What is a terrane?
400
Large section of the lithosphere that moves around.
What is a tectonic plate?
400
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the most famous example of a mid-ocean ridge. What formation type is commonly found here? (Hint: Not mountains!)
What is a volcano chain?
400
This year was when Alfred Wegener proposed his idea of Continental Drift.
What is 1912?
400
In 1977, these were discovered along the ocean floor and provided further evidence for Plate Tectonics.
What are hydrothermal vents?
500
These two sections divided what we knew as Pangaea into a northern & southern section.
What are Laurasia & Gondwana?
500
Convergent boundaries have 3 types of collisions. List the 3 types.
What are: Oceanic - Oceanic, Oceanic - Continental, and Continental - Continental?
500
The process shown here. (Hint: NOT A BOUNDARY TYPE)
What is rifting?
500
This circular movement is the mechanism that was missing from Wegener's original hypothesis.
What is convection?
500
These are what we use today to identify tectonic movement.
What are GPS signals & satellites?