Morgan earth's past

Morgan earth's past

absolute age - the actual age of something, in years

Alfred Wegener -scientist who proposed the hypothesis of continental drift, but couldn't explain why it was happening

Clair Patterson scientist who accurately calculated the age of the Earth

meteorite

a piece of rock that falls from space and lands on Earth's surfaces

conduction type of heat transfer where heat is passed between objects that are touching

convergent boundary type of plate boundary where two places are moving towards each other.

divergent boundary type of plate boundary where two plates are moving away from each other