Continental Drift
Alfred Wegener continental drift hypothesis is called?
Pangaea
3 types of rocks
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
breaking down of earth materials
weathering
Underwater mountain ranges
Mid Ocean Ridges
sketchnote pg 36
Which two continents fit together like a puzzle piece?
Africa and South America
weathering and erosion makes
sediments
Transporting of earth materials
erosion
Underwater trough
Ocean trenches
How do tectonic plates affect Santa Paula today?
Earthquakes
What are the 4 pieces of evidence that support continental drift theory?
Coal Deposits
Matching Coastlines / Rocks / Puzzle / Mountains
Glacial Grooves
Fossils
In Latin, Igenous means _________
FIRE
dropping off earth materials
deposition
Young crust is formed at
mid ocean ridges
Where is erosion taking place right now? Name an EXACT location with EVIDIENCE
UCSB - Isla Vista
Africa, India, Australia, South America
when magma cools, it turns into
sedimentary rock
Which mountain range is older and WHY? Appalachian or Rocky Mountain
Appalachian because of erosion -smoother and shorter
___________ is the process by which new oceanic crust continuously formed at mid ocean ridges and is destroyed at ocean trenches
Sea Floor Spreading
How is Oobleck like Earths Mantle
continents can move on oobleck like when Pangaea broke apart. Pushing it changes how it moves, just like earth during plate movement
Which fossil was found on South America, Africa, India, Australia, and Antarctica?
Glossopteris
with heat and pressure, sedimentary rock turns into
metamorphic rock
Limestone caves are created by _________ and take _________ years to make.
over millions of years to make
sketchbook pg 31
Volcanoes in Hawaii began forming on the seafloor, about 5,100m below the surface. If a volcano reaches the surface in 300,000 years, what was its rate of vertical growth per year
0.017m/y