Fossils
What layer will you find the oldest fossils in?
What is the lowest layer?
What is Pangaea
A super-continent formed millions of years ago.
The denser the layer, the _________ in the Earth.
The Deeper/ Lower
What is the name of the plate boundary the collides?
Convergent Boundary
The Himalayas were the cause of what plate boundary?
A Convergent Boundary
What are fossils?
Similar fossils were found on landmasses far away from each other.
What layer is the only liquid Earth Layer?
The Outer Core, (A Sea Of Iron and Nickel)
They are sliding past each other
What is subduction?
Subduction is when the denser plate goes under the less dense plate creating a subduction zone.
Where can fossils be found?
Anywhere
The Appalachian Mountains, Scotland Highlands, and mountains in the British Isles are all ______________ which helped prove Continental Drift.
Made of similar rocks sequences
How does the deeper you go into the Earth, affect the temperature?
It gets hotter the deeper you get.
In what direction do divergent plate boundaries move in?
Away from each other
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What EVENT happens at a Transform Boundary?
Earthquakes
If you found fossils in Antarctica, that were remnants of a palm tree, what could you conclude?
Antarctica's climate used to be warmer, and hospitable enough for palm trees.
Who proposed the continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegener
What is the order of the layers of the earth?
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
How many plate boundary types are there? What are their names?
Three types, are Divergent, Convergent, and Transform.
Mid Ocean Ridges come from what boundary?
Divergent
You found aquatic fossils in the desert. Below the aquatic fossils are plant fossils. Which fossils are younger than the plant fossils or the aquatic fossils.
What are the aquatic/oceanic fossils?
To Wegener, all the continents seemed to fit like what?
Puzzle Pieces
What is located in the mantle that is known to move around plate tectonics?
Convection Currents
What are plate boundaries?
The ways plate tectonics interact with each other.
The Ring of Fire was formed from what plate boundary?
Convergent Boundary