7th Grade Unit 7 Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

a German scientist who is best known for his theory of continental drift, which states that the continents were once connected and have since moved apart.

• Charles Darwin

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Geologist

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the semi fluid layer beneath the lithosphere on which tectonic plates move.

• Lithosphere

• Convergent boundaries

• Plate Tectonics

• Asthenosphere

The hypothesis that the Earth’s continents were once one large landmass and have moved over geologic time relative to each other is

• Continental drift theory

• Pangaea

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

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Plate boundaries where the plates are moving toward each other

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift Theory

• Convergent Boundaries

• Pangaea

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Plate boundaries where the plates are moving apart is called

• Plate Tectonics

• Pangaea

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

The impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in rock is called

• Fossil

• Geologist

• Asthenosphere

• Rift Valley

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A scientist who studies the Earth, including its rocks, minerals, landforms, and the processes that shape its surface, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate tectonics is

• Pangaea

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Geologist

• Plate Tectomics

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An American geologist who confirmed Wegener’s ideas of continental drift by using the evidence of seafloor spreading is

• Alfred Wegener

• Harry Hess

• Charles Darwin

• Pangaea

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The rigid outer layer of Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Transform Boundaries

• Sea Floor Spreading

Each rock layer is older than the one above it is called

• Rift Valley

• Law of Superposition

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Fossil

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