Science 7: Plate Tectonics
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- Q1supercontinentPangea
slab pull
drift
Paradise
30s - Q2The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
seafloor spreading
magnetic reversal
Pangea
continental drift30s - Q3evidence that continents move
lithosphere
transform plate boundary
normal polarity
climate clues, fossil clues, rock clues30s - Q4Used for support of continental drift, this clue showed warm weather plants in Arctic regions.climate clues
plate tectonics
rock clues
slab push
30s - Q5Fossils of similar organisms have been found on several continents separated by oceansfossil clues
Paleontologist
magnetic reversal
Gondwana
30s - Q6Used for support of continental drift, this clue showed similar mountain structures on different continents. Ex: The Appalachian Mts. matching the mountains of Western Europe.rock clues
mid-ocean ridge
fossil clues
ridge push
30s - Q7Vast continents that split from PangeaLaurasia and Gondwana
subduction
mid-ocean ridge
Paleontologist
30s - Q8A scientist who studies fossils
seafloor spreading
plate tectonics
Paleontologistnormal polarity
30s - Q9An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
magnetic reversal
lithosphere
rock clues
mid ocean ridge30s - Q10The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge
normal polarity
subduction
seafloor spreadingrock clues
30s - Q11A state in which magnetized objects, such as compass needles, will orient themselves to point northnormal polarity
fossil clues
magnetic reversal
convection
30s - Q12A switch in the direction of Earth's magnetic field so that the magnetic north pole becomes the magnetic south pole and the magnetic south pole becomes the magnetic north pole.
reversed polarity
magnetic reversalconvection
climate clues
30s - Q13A state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
rock clues
reversed polarityplate tectonics
fossil clues
30s - Q14A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.
theory
climate clues
ridge push
plate tectonics30s - Q15cold, rigid outermost rock layer of Earth
convection
lithospheremountains
asthenosphere
30s