Meteoroligist that theorized the drifting of the continents

Theory of Continental Drift

All of the continents once created a large land mass called Pangaea and still continuously move 1-10 cm per year.

Hot, soft plastic-like layer of the Earth responsible for continental drift.

Rigid rock layer broken into many plates.

Hot, Molten Layer made of Iron and Nickel

Solid layer of iron and nickel; responsible for Earth's magnetic fields.

Type of rock found "beneath the salty water"

Continents are made of this type of rock.

Less dense crust that forms land masses.

This type of crust is dense and will subduct at a convergent boundary.

Plates try to slide past each other in opposite directions.

Location where plates move away from each other on land or under water.

Plates collide to form mountains or subduct under one another.

Found at a convergent boundary and forms under a compressional stress.

Plate above fault line drops down.

Plates move in opposites direction shearing past each other

origin of an earthquake inside the Earth.

Where an earthquake begins on the surface of the Earth. The most destruction is found here.

Push-pull wave that moves through solids, liquids, and gases.

Wave that only moves through solids and moves like a "snake".

Rolls like the ocean through the surface of the Earth. Is the most destructive seismic wave.

Instrument used to record seismic activity.

Data collected that shows the size of seismic waves.

Giant sea wave created by underwater seismic activity.

Most of the volcanoes found throughout the world are located in the.......

The Ring of Fire is found near this body of water.

Molten material found beneath Earth's surface.

Molten material that has been released onto Earth's surface.

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Plate Tectonics Unit

Earth's Layers, Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, Etc

Answer	Question
Alfred Wegener	Meteoroligist that theorized the drifting of the continents
Theory of Continental Drift	All of the continents once created a large land mass called Pangaea and still continuously move 1-10 cm per year.
Asthenosphere	Hot, soft plastic-like layer of the Earth responsible for continental drift.
Lithosphere	Rigid rock layer broken into many plates.
Outer core	Hot, Molten Layer made of Iron and Nickel
Inner core	Solid layer of iron and nickel; responsible for Earth's magnetic fields.
Basalt	Type of rock found "beneath the salty water"
Granite	Continents are made of this type of rock.
Continental crust	Less dense crust that forms land masses.
Oceanic crust	This type of crust is dense and will subduct at a convergent boundary.
Transform boundary	Plates try to slide past each other in opposite directions.
Divergent boundary	Location where plates move away from each other on land or under water.
Convergent boundary	Plates collide to form mountains or subduct under one another.
Reverse Fault	Found at a convergent boundary and forms under a compressional stress.
Normal Fault	Plate above fault line drops down.
Strike-slip Fault	Plates move in opposites direction shearing past each other
Focus	origin of an earthquake inside the Earth.
Epicenter	Where an earthquake begins on the surface of the Earth. The most destruction is found here.
Primary Wave	Push-pull wave that moves through solids, liquids, and gases.
Secondary Wave	Wave that only moves through solids and moves like a "snake".
Surface Wave	Rolls like the ocean through the surface of the Earth. Is the most destructive seismic wave.
Seismologist	Studies earthquakes
Seismograph	Instrument used to record seismic activity.
Seismogram	Data collected that shows the size of seismic waves.
Tsunami	Giant sea wave created by underwater seismic activity.
Ring of Fire	Most of the volcanoes found throughout the world are located in the.......
Pacific Ocean	The Ring of Fire is found near this body of water.
Pyroclastic Flow	A explosive volcanic eruption
Magma	Molten material found beneath Earth's surface.
Lava	Molten material that has been released onto Earth's surface.

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