Layers
Wegener
Evidence
Plate Tectonics
Deforming
100
3 total layers
What is the composition layers
100
theory from the 1900's that describes the moving of continents
What is continental drift
100
Fit together like a jigsaw puzzle
What is Tectonic Plates
100
oceanic lithosphere slides down
What is ridge push
100
2 types of stress
What is compression and tension
200
5 total layers
What is the physical property layers
200
"all earth"
What is Pangaea
200
Magma rises and fills the spaces
What is sea floor spreading
200
the 3 different types of boundaries
What is convergent, divergent and transform
200
the three types of faults
What is normal, reverse, strike-slip
300
contains both crust and mantle
What is the lithosphere
300
The 2 continents 180 million years ago
What is Laurasia and Gondwana
300
switching of polarity
What is magnetic reversal
300
created at a convergent boundary
What is mountain or subduction zone
300
the three types of folds
What is anticline, syncline, monocline
400
weak sphere
What is the asthenosphere
400
The word that means "all sea"
What is Panthalassa
400
Area at which sea floor spreading occurs
What is mid ocean ridges
400
The San Andreas Fault is an example of one
What is a transform boundary
400
the type of mountain that are formed from compression
What is folded mountains
500
vinrations that travel through the Earth
What is seismic waves
500
the 7 continents 65 million years ago
What is North America, Eurasia, South America, Africa, India, Antartica, and Australia
500
one of the fossils found on 2 seprate continents
What is Mesosarus or Glossopteris
500
the measure used for tectonic motion
What is cm/year
500
the type of mountains that are formed from tension
What is fault block mountains