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Lithenosphere
Asthenosphere
Plate
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform Boundary
Mid Ocean Ridge
Convection Current
Pangea
State the theory of Continental Drift
Scientists studying the ocean floor found ___ bands of magnetism
Plates of the lithosphere float on the ____
Seafloor spreading occurs because _____
Plate motion is caused by _______ inside the Earth
The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called _____
In order to complete a convection current, warm mamga ____ then ____ back into the Earth
How fast are the plates moving?
What feature is formed where two oceanic plates collide?
Where are the youngest rocks on the ocean floor located?
What results from the collision between two continental plates?
Why does the hot, plastic like rock in the asthenosphere rise toward the Earth's surface?
How long ago did Wegener believe that the continents originally broke apart about?
What makes up the lithosphere compromised of?
Explain why continents float higher than the crust of the ocean.
Explain some of the other evidence used to support the hypothesis of continental drift.
Why was Wegener's hypothesis rejected?