Continental Drift and Plate Boundaries Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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What hypothesis did Alfred Wegener come up with?
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Continental Drift
2
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Why did scientists reject Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?
A
He couldn’t identify the force that moved the continents
3
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What evidence did Alfred Wegener have for continental drift?
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fossils, landforms, and climate
4
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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?
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Pangaea
5
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What theory states the continents were once all connected and slowly moved over time?
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Continental Drift
6
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Theory that states that pieces of the Earth’s Lithosphere is in constant slow motion.
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Plate Tectonics
7
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Molten material rises from the mantle at the mid-ocean ridges
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Sea floor spreading
8
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In sea floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle at the…
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mid-ocean ridges
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