Continents
What is the name of the supercontinent?
Pangaea
Oceanic and continental crust
Energy is the ability to do _____ or cause _______.
work, change
T or F: plate tectonics can be both land and water
T
An example of convention
kettle of water (boiling)
Seafloor Spreading Theory
Harry Hess
Three types of rocks
Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
movement; man running
kinetic energy
How can we trafer energy
push and pull.
Why is renewable energy good?
answers vary
Theory of Plate Tectonics
J. Tuzo Wilson
Change one rock into another
rock cycle
Potential Energy
no movement, sleeping child
Picking up a box - Are we doing work?
Yes, because the box is moving upwards (same direction as force). increase height = increase gravity
example of the state of matter - GAS
Alfred Wegener
Continental Drift Theory
Layers of the Earth are similar to__________
Egg
hydro (water), solar (sun), wind...answer vary
transfer of thermal energy by "hitting" of particles in matter.
Conduction
What state is the core?
solid
Proof that continents are moving
Fossils, rocks (mountain ranges), temperature/climate, fit together (puzzle)
4 ways science proved seafloor spreading
Sonar (sound), temperature, earth's magnetic field, seafloor drilling (rocks)
Fossil Fuel
coal, oil, gas, wood
Insulator
thermal energy moves slow.
Crust and upper mantel
lithosphere