What is divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries and transform fault boundaries.
100
The stiff ocean lithosphere that slides down the asthenosphere. its elevated near mid ocean ridges
What is ridge-push
100
What does Sound navigation and ranging stand for?
What is Sonar
100
Bonus:
How did the earth form according to the science we heard
What is when stars and other rocks blow up and create the earth
100
Was Wegeners hypothesis rejected by others or accepted?
What is rejected
200
The force of gravity the pulls the old ocean lithosphere
What is slab- pull
200
A rising column of hot solid mantle rock
What is the mantle plume
200
Rocks process what, when earths magnetic field has at the time
What is paleomagnetic
200
When two of earths plates move apart is called a what?
What is Divergent boundaries
200
The newly formed land that is consisted of an arc shaped chain of small volcanic islands
What is volcanic island arc
300
What was Wegener's Hypothesis about the continents?
What is continental drift
300
Earths lithosphereic ___ move slowly to each other, it is caused by convection currents in the matle
What is plates
300
The thing that is found in 'Finding Nemo' that is spread apart from the forming of the ocean?
What is Deep ocean trenches
300
It is often a central valley of a mid ocean ridge.
What is a rift valley
300
When two plates grind past each other is called a what?
What is Transform fault boundaries
400
The range of the volcanic mountains that is produced in parts by the subduction of the oceanic lithosphere
What is a continental volcanic arc
400
When two plates move together is called a what?
What is Convergent boundaries
400
A convection current is the what?
What is the continuous flow that occurred in a fluid of the differences in the density
400
A mid ocean ridge is a what?
What is A long chain of mountains extending the length of the ocean
400
When the floor returns to the mantle while it sinks under a deep ocean trench.
What is Subduction
500
What is the evidence of sea floor spreading?
What is magnetic strips in the ocean floor rock, and earthquake patterns.
500
What did Wegner call the super continent?
What is Pangaea
500
What does the Sonar do?
What is tracking the ground of the ocean with sound waves
500
When a new ocean floor forms along the earths mid ocean ridges? It slowly moves outward across the ocean basins, and then will sink back into the mantle beneath the deep ocean trenches.
What is sea floor spreading
500
What are some evidence that the continents used to be connected?