Continental Drift and Relative Dating

Continental Drift and Relative Dating

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8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What did Alfred Wegener's theory state?

Back

There once was an original land mass that was composed of all the continents.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the Law of Superposition?

Back

In any sequence of undisturbed sedimentary rocks, the oldest layers are at the bottom and the youngest layers are at the top.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is seafloor spreading?

Back

A process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust forms as the plates move away from one another.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the name of the supercontinent that existed 335 million years ago?

Back

Pangaea.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What theory did Alfred Wegener propose?

Back

The Theory of Continental Drift.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is continental drift?

Back

The movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What evidence supports the theory of continental drift?

Back

Fossil distribution, geological similarities, and the fit of continental coastlines.

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