Definitions
Definition of Pangea
The name given to the supercontinent that began to break apart approximately 200 million years ago
4 pieces of evidence that Alfred Wegener used
Kinds of rock, glacial grooves, coal deposits, fossil evidence
NOT SEAFLOOR SPREADING
What erosion and deposition of mountains looks like and why they might look different
The Appalachian Mountains are smaller and smoother because they are older.
The Rocky Mountains are taller and rougher because they are newer.
Identify fine-grained vs. coarse-grained rocks
Smooth is fine, rough is coarse
Definition of ocean trench vs mid-ocean ridge
Deep underwater trough
Mountain range on ocean floor
3 types of plate boundaries
Divergent, convergent, transform
Identify wind erosion and deposition land features
Arch, loess, sand dune, scoured and sandblasted rock
The 3 major rock groups
Metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous
Difference between magma and lava
Magma is below, Lava is above earth’s surface
Conclusion for the fit of coastlines
They were once joined in the past
What are the 3 ways that water enters the atmosphere?
evaporation, transpiration, cellular respiration
Identifying a rock into one of the 3 major rock groups
Metamorphic: layered
Sedimentary: crumbly
Igneous: volcano
read an isochron map:
Red vs. blue