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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| normal fault: | pull apart divergent rift valleys and mid ocean ridges |
| reverse fault: | squeeze convergent folded mountains, volcanos, and trenches |
| strike-slip: | slide together suddenly transform earthquakes |
| Divergent: | Apart o/o:mid ocean ridges c/c:rift valley |
| Convergent: | Comes together o/o:volcanic islands o/c:subduction c/c:continental collision |
| Transform: | slide together earthquakes |
| Harry Hess | proposed sea floor spreading in 1960 |
| a rope | before WW1 this was used to measure the depth of the sea. |
| sound waves | After WW1 this was usedto measure the depth of the sea. |
| pangaea | one large land mass |
| mid ocean ridges | ridges that run on the seafloor |
| convection current | force drives plates from mantle (hot->cold->hot->cold) |