Names
THe discoverer of sea floor spreading
Who is Harry Hess
The cause of the Himalayan mountains
What is a convergent boundary?
The debris that all types of rock turn into due to weathering
What is sediment
These currents are known to effect the tectonic plates and create pressure and heat to cause movement
What are convection currents
The type of boundary that recycles crust
What is destructive convergent
THe guy who postulated that the same fossils in similar strata on two different continents was an indication of a super continent.
Who is Alfred Wergner
The cause of San Andrea's fault
What is a transform boundary?
The largest layer of earths 4 shells. Where convection currents occur
What is the mantle
The types of plates in the middle of the ocean like the mid atlantic ridge
What is oceanic plates
An evidence of continental drift is
What is the fossil correlation
What is the mountains of the Appalachians and Scottish highland correlation
THe name of an area of heat and magma that has permeated the mantle and manifests itself as a volcano
What is a hotspot
A massive area of subduction in the Pacific ocean
What is the ring of fire
The outer layer of earth where all the tectonic activity occurs
What is the crust
The type of plates in the Himilayan mountain
What is continental plates
It happens to rock that is weathered
What is it becomes sediment
Another word for lithification or the process of sediment turning into sedimentary rocks
What is cementation or compaction?
The type of boundary that has earthquakes but not volcanoes
What is a transform boundary
Type of rock that occurs to sedimentary or igneous rock with heat and pressure
What is metamophic
The name of the theory that explains the reason for earthquakes and subduction zones
What is plate tectonics or plate tectonic theory
What is metamorphic
The youngest type of rock that occurs after cooling of lava or magma
What is igneous rock?
The type of boundary that the mid Atlantic ridge is
What is a divergent boundary
The feature of the mantle and the crust that creates a cycle of heat and pressure resulting in crust movement
What is the convection currents
The type of plates in the ring of fire
WHat is oceanic and continental
The type of boundary creates new crust and an expanding boundary of earth
What is a constructive divergent boundary