Wegener's Theory
What was Alfred Wegener's Theory?
Continental Drift
What plate movement moves side to side?
Trasform
What is a place that can be used as an example of Convergent Subduction
Andes Mountains and Aleutian Mountains
What were 2 reasons that the other scientists did not believe Wegener's theory?
He was not a geologist he was a meteorologist and because her could not explain what made the continents move.
What plate movement moves away from each other?
Divergent
What is a place that can be used as an example of transform?
San Andreas Fault
What were the pieces of evidence Wegener used to prove his theory?
The shape of land, Fossils, Glaciers, Coal Deposits, Mountains and Rocks
What happens when CC - CC run into each other?
Mountain Ranges occur
What is a place that can be used as an example of divergent?
Mid - Atlantic Ridge and East African Rift Vally
Who came up with the theory that the continents move by the seafloor spreading?
Harry Hess
What happens to the higher density and lower density crust collide?
Subduction
What is a place that can be used as an example of convergent collision?
Himalayan Mountains
What was the dinosaur species that were found in Brazil and South Africa, but they could not swim that far?
Mesosaurus
What crusts collide when the plate interaction is a convergent collision?
CC - CC
What types of plate interactions cause earthquakes?
All of them (Transform, Divergent, Convergent Collision, Convergent Subduction)