paleontology

Question 1

Lithosphere

Answer 1

the solid, outer part of Earth

Question 2

Asthenosphere

Answer 2

the upper layer of the earth’s mantle,

Question 3

Mesosphere

Answer 3

a layer of Earth’s atmosphere.

Question 4

Inner Core

Answer 4

a hot, dense ball of (mostly) iron

Question 5

Outer Core

Answer 5

mostly composed of liquid iron and nickel

Question 6

Seismic Waves

Answer 6

an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.

Question 7

Oceanic Crust

Answer 7

the outermost layer of Earth’s lithosphere that is found under the oceans and formed at spreading centres on oceanic ridges, which occur at divergent plate boundaries.

Question 8

Continental Crust

Answer 8

Continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the geological continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves.

Question 9

Density

Answer 9

the. amount of matter

Question 10

Alfred Wegener

Answer 10

Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher

Question 11

Continental Drift

Answer 11

one of the earliest ways geologists thought continents moved over time.

Question 12

Convergent Boundary

Answer 12

A convergent boundary is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other

Question 13

Divergent Boundary

Answer 13

In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which eventually become rift valleys.

Question 14

Transform Boundary

Answer 14

The transform plate boundary is a broad zone forming as the Pacific Plate slides northwestward past the North American Plate.

Question 15

Sea-floor Spreading

Answer 15

a geologic process in which tectonic plates—large slabs of Earth’s lithosphere—split apart from each other

Question 16

Pangaea

Answer 16

the continent we now know as North America was contiguous with Africa, South America, and Europe.

Question 17

Laurasia

Answer 17

one of the two ancient supercontinents produced by the first split of the even larger supercontinent Pangaea about 200 million years ago,

Question 18

Gondwana

Answer 18

Gondwana was a large landmass, often referred to as a supercontinent, that formed during the late Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago)

Question 19

Mesosaurus

Answer 19

Mesosaurus is an extinct genus of reptile from the Early Permian of southern Africa and South America. Along with it, the genera Brazilosaurus and Stereosternum, it is a member of the family Mesosauridae and the order Mesosauria.

Question 20

Glossopteris

Answer 20

Glossopteris [etymology: from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα + πτερίς ] is the largest and best-known genus of the extinct Permian order of seed ferns known as Glossopteridales. The genus Glossopteris refers only to leaves, within a framework of form genera used in paleobotany.