Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

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

• Continental Drift Theory

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Plate tectonics

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Earth's surface is broken into large pieces called plates that are constantly moving and changing at a very slow rate

• Continental Drift Theory

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Plate tectonics

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plate boundaries where the plates are moving toward each other

• Continental Drift Theory

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Plate tectonics

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plate boundaries where the plates are moving apart

• Continental Drift Theory

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Plate tectonics

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plate boundaries where the plates are moving past each other in different directions

• Continental Drift Theory

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

• Plate tectonics

each rock layer is older than the one above it

• Superposition (law of)

• The law of original horizontality.
• The principle of lateral continuity.
• The theory of plate tectonics.
• Continental drift theory

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Evidence supporting the Continental Drift Theory

Multi-select

• fit of continent

• fossil correlations

• paleoclimatic evidence

• The presence of dinosaurs on all continents
• geological similarities

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Who is Alfred Wegener?

• discovered the theory of relativity.

• was a famous painter.

• was a renowned physicist.

• is known for proposing the theory of continental drift.

• invented the telephone.

Who is Harry Hess?

• was a scientist who created plate tectonics theory?

• was a politician in the 19th century.

• was a geologist and naval officer who discovered magnetic striping.

• was a renowned scientist who created the continental drift theory.

• was an astronaut who landed on the moon.

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

• Continents are stationary and do not move

• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

• none of the above

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