plate tectonics

Plate Tectonics

This theory describes how the crust and upper

mantle are broken into sections called plates.

It is the driving force in Geology.

Continental Drift

This is the theory that describes how the

continents are gradually moving across the

earth.

Alfred Wegener

This scientist was the first to propose that the

continents were once together

pangea

Name the Supercontinent

A.) The Shapes Match. and the answer is…

B.) Same fossils found on different continents.

C.) Different rock structures on different continents.

D.) Fossils of Trees and Animals in Antarctica.

E.) Magnetic layers in sea floor spreading.

Which is not an evidence of continental drift?

-inner core

-outer core

-mantel

-crust

the four layer of the earth

-convection

-cunduction

-radiation

three transports of thermal energy

divergent boundary

moving apart from eachother

ring of fire

What is the general name for this geologically

active area that circles the Pacific Ocean?

the rock cycle

This is the general name for how one rock changes

into another?

-Sedimentary

- metamorphic

-Igneous

name the three types of rocks

Plate Tectonics

This is the driving force of the rock cycle…

weathering

the process of breaking down rocks and minerals into smaller particles through physical or chemical means.

erosion

the process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by natural processes such as wind or water and transported to another location.

IGNEOUS

These rocks are formed when magma cools and

solidifies, it may do this above or below the Earth's

surface?

depostion

the process by which sediment and other materials are deposited in a new location.

temperature and pressure

metamorpic rocks are rocks that change forms due to extreme ___and _____