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What is the definition of Epicenter?
the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus.
the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time.
the theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
Developed the Contnental Drift Theory.
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What is the magnetic field?
A region around a magnetic substance.
One big continent or land mass.
major events in Earth’s past based on geological time, using the study of the planet’s rock layers.
Earth’s ocean based plates.
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What are Plate Tectonics?
Earth’s land based plates.
major events in Earth’s past based on geological time, using the study of the planet’s rock layers.
The theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time.
what are Continental Plates?
Is an area on Earth where two or more lithosphere plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other causing a process known as seduction.
Is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
They are thinner than continental plates, and they are also more dense, so they ride lower on the mantle. They are more dense because they are mostly basalt, having been erupted from mid-ocean ridges.
Are tectonic plates that lie under surface land masses. Tectonic plates are parts of the planet's crust that lie far below the sea around the world, and there are two types of plates: continental plates and oceanic plates.1
what is a oceanic plate?
Earth’s ocean based plates.
the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time.
major events in Earth’s past based on geological time, using the study of the planet’s rock layers.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
what is a Divergent boundary?
One big continent or land mass.
a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
the point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus.
What is a Convergent boundary?
the theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
One big continent or land mass.
the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
what is a Geological Event?
One big continent or land mass.
major events in Earth’s past based on geological time, using the study of the planet’s rock layers.
the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time.
What is a Subduction?
the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time.
Developed the Continental Drift Theory.
One big continent or land mass.
the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
What is a Continental drift?
Developed the Continental Drift Theory.
One big continent or land mass.
the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time.
Earth’s land based plates.
