Geological Phenomena

States that the Earth’s crust and its rigid upper mantle are broken into enormous slabs called plates.

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Theory of Everything

• Theory of Use and Disuse

• Theory of Big Bang

A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.

• Outer core

• Inner Core

• Plate Tectonics

• Plate

Who is this person?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hammond Hess

What is the name of the hypothesis proposed by Wegener in which it explained how continents shift position on Earth's surface?

• Continental Drift hypothesis

• Seafloor spreading hypothesis

Who is this person?

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hammond Hess

Check all that applies: What are the evidences for Continental Drift Theory?

• Fit of the continents

• Seafloor Features

• Fossil Evidence

• Age of the seafloor

• Ancient mountain ranges

Check all that applies: What are the evidences of Seafloor Spreading?

• Seafloor features

• Fossil Evidence

• Seismicity

• Hot spots

• Composition of the seafloor