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This is the theory that scientists believed that the cooling caused the contraction and pressure thath allowed some parts of the crust to rise and form mountains, while others buckled downward and formed ocean basins and other depressions.

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RAISIN THEORY

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Is an american seismologist and geologist

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Edward Clarence Dutton

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when did dutton prposed isostasy?

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1889

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is the state of balance or equilibrium that exists within the earth’s crust

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ISOSTASY

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the term ‘‘tectonic’’ is derived from the greek word

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TEKTON

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what does tekton mean?

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CARPENTER OR BUILDER

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tectonic plates are also known as

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LITHOSPHERIC PLATES

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are massive slabs of solid rock that surround the earth’s surface

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TECTONIC PLATES

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they fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces, with annual movement ranging from

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LESS THAN 1CM AND MORE THAN 15CM

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What is the first world atlas

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THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM

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T.O.T. was developed and published by

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ABRAHAM ORTELIUS

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who proposed the continental drift theory?

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ALFRED WEGENER

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T.O.T. was published on

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JANUARY 1, 1596

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wegener prposed cdt in his book

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THE ORIGINS OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS IN 1915

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wegener presented and evidence called?

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PANGAEA

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pangaea means?

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ALL EARTH

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when did pangaea began to split in 2 different continent

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TRIASSIC PERIOD

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pangaea began to split into two smaller supercontinents called?

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LAURASIA AND GONDWANALAND

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what is the vast ocean that surrounded pangaea

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PANTHALASSA

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how many crustal plate is earth generally composed of

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58

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what are the primary plates?

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african, eurasian, indo-australian, north american, pacific, south american, and nazca plate

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what are the secondary plates?

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arabian, carribean, cocos, indian, juan de duca, philippine sea, scotia, nazca plates

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are smaller parts of primary or secondary plates that have broken off and continue being broken up overtime.

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Tertiary Plates

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is made up of lower density materials liek granitic rock.

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continental plate

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the seven major continents in the world in order
asia,africa, north america, south america, antarctica, europe, australia
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the two types of lithospheric plates
continental plate and oceanic plate
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is the oldest foundation which is estimated to be 4 billion years old
basement rock
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when platforms are connected with basement rocks they are called?
cratons
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cratons are generally found in the interiors of
tectonic plates
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at the edges of cratons are the
continental margins
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the heavier basalt and gabbro rocks make up the
oceanic plate
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what is the oceanic crust's oldest age
200 million years old
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ocean crust are about _ thick
7km
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continental crust range between _ and _ thick
10 and 70
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what crust subducts
oceanic crust
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a fossil that is found in all of the southern continents
glossopteris
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a french scientists that used the identical plant fossil
Antonio Snider Pellegrini
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an autralian scientists who also used the plant fossil
Edward Suess
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two fossils found in south america and america
cynognathus and mesosaurus
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a fossil found in africa, india, and antarctica
lystrosaurus
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what are the four evidences
palentological, glaciation, structure and rock type and paleoclimates evidence
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is an interval of time within the ice age that is marked by colder temperature and glaciar advances.
Glaciation or glacial period
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the ___ are also good evidence for the breakup of pangaea
the rift valleys of africa
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is the study of the extended climatic conditions of past geological conditions
paleoclimatology
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is the study of ancient magnetic fields
paleomagnetism
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an instrument scientist use to determine the direction of magnetic poles and the magnetic latitude at the time the rock was formed.
magnetometer
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this is also know as the destructive plate boundary
Convergent (Colliding) Boundary
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what are the 3 types of convergent
ocean-continental, ocean-ocean, continental-continental convergent boundary
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this forms trenches and volcanic arc
oceanic-continental convergent boundary
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this forms mountains, volcanos, plateau
continental-continental convergent boundart
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this forms deeper trenches
oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
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Andes mountain and Cascade Range is an example of
oceanic-continental convergent boundary
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japanese islands, aleutian islands,the caribbean and the philippine sea is an example of
oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary
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the himalayas is an example of
continental-continental convergent boundary
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also know as constructive plate boundary
divergent ( spreading) boundary
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mid-ocean ridges are also called as
underwater mountains
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also known as conservative plate boundary
transform fault (lateral) boundary
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does transform fault boundary have a geographic formation?
NO
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What are the three types of transform fault
ridge-ridge, ridge-trench, trench-trench transform fault
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the dead sea is an example of
ridge-ridge transform fault
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queen charlotte islands is an example of
ridge-trench transform fault
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alpine fault is an example of
trench-trench transform fault
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he proposed the sea floor spreading theory
Harry Hess in the 1960s
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who coined the seafloor spreading theory
Robert S. Dietz in 1961
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what are the two theories that supported the seafloor spreading theory
magnetic reversal and continental drift theory
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what is sonar
sound navigation and ranging
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what is magnetic reversal
a change in a planet's magnetic field such that the positions of magnetic north and magnetic south are interchanged
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is characterized by warmer climates within an ice age
interglacial
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this uses sound waves to find and identify the objects in the water
sonar
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