The Earth

What did Wegner come up with?

• Plate Tectonics theory

• Continental Drift Theory

• Seismographs

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What type of rocks are made deep within the Earth?

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

What type of rocks are changed with heat and pressure Earth?

• Sedimentary Rocks

• Igneous Rocks

• Metamorphic Rocks

Geology means

• Study of Earth's living organisms

• Study of Earth's Physical structures

• Study of small particles of science

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What did Hess come up with?

• Plate Tectonics theory

• Continental Drift Theory

• Seafloor Spreading Theory

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How old is the Earth?

• 8.5 Billion Years

• 2023 years

• 2 million years

• 4.5 Billion Years

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What is convection?

• transfer of energy through a liquid and gas

• transfer of energy by direct touch

• transfer of energy through radiation

What is plate tectonic theory?

• Earth's crust is made of plates

• Pangea

• When rocks combine to form continents.

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What is it called when 2 plates meet?

• Plate Boundaries

• Faults

• Canyons

What was Pangea?

• The first supercontinent

• Alfred Wegner's name for a supercontinent

• Pangea means "some Earth"

• When all the continents form to create one continent.