Geology midterm Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
contiental drift | |
glacial stirations | |
paleomagnetism | a mineral in rocks preserves a record of magnetic field at the same time of their formation |
inclination | angle from horizontal to the magnet |
sea floor spreading | occurs at mid ocean ridge, no oceanic crust is formed through the volcanic activity |
mid ocean ridge | |
plate tectonics | scientific theory describing the large scarce motion of earths lithosphere |
Wagners theory of continental drift & evidence | Pangea- believed continents were moving due to fossils |
Paleomagnetism studies | the study of ancient magnetism in rocks |
Deccan Traps and magnetic anomalies in sea floor dikes | |
How fast evidence suggests the Plates are moving | |
sea floor spreading- where does it spread | |
tectonic plate | |
mid ocean ridge | |
convergent boundaries | |
transform boundaries | |
divergent boundaries | |
linear sea | |
rift valley | |
upwarping | |
ssubduction | |
tench | |
island arc | |
hot spot | |
volcanic chain | |
ridge push force | |
slab pull force | |
how do you know the direction of plate movement | |
Hazzards of divergent boundaries | |
hazards of transform boundaries | |
hazards of convergent | |
how does an ocean grow | |
how can a plate boundary die | |
how can you identify which plate will subduct under another | |
know an example where boundaries subduct each other |
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