click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Mr.B's Earth Science
Pangaea, Continental Drift, Layers of the Earth
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| Who is the scientist that believed the Earth's continents were one giant landmass? | Alfred Wegener |
| The idea that the continents drift apart gradually over millions of years is called? | Continental Drift |
| Earth is also known as the _________ Planet. | Water |
| Harry Hess, proved that rifts in the Oceanic Crust were producing new layers of crust. This process is called | Seafloor Spreading |
| The theory of the movement of Earth's crust plates | Plate Tectonics |
| Heat rising and falling in circular motion is called what? | Convection currents |
| The crust floats on top of what layer in the upper mantle | Asthenosphere |
| Earth's crust is broken into 2 parts. What are they? | Lithosphere and Hydrosphere |
| Glossopteris ferns, cynognathus, Lystrosaurus and Mesosaurus are examples of? | Index fossils |
| What are each of the layers of earth made of (solid, liquid, gas) | Crust - solid, liquid Mantle - Solid, liquid Outer Core - liquid Inner Core - Solid |
| What is the inner core made out of? | iron |