A | B |
Alfred Wegener | proposed continental drift theory |
Harry Hess | proposed sea floor spreading theory |
convergent boundary | colliding boundary |
divergent boundary | pulling apart |
transform boundary | sliding past each other (shear) |
trench | formed by subduction movement |
subduction | ocean material moves down at continental boundary |
sea floor spreading | ocean pulling apart @Mid ocean |
continental-continental | land-land collision |
continental-ocean | ocean-land collision |
ocean-ocean | forms volcanic arc& hot spots |
mid ocean ridge | long mountain chain |
rift valley | elongated crack found when crust splits |
San Andreas fault | best example of transform fault |
Normal Polarity | magnetism pointing to True N |
Pangaea | "all land mass" |
Volcanic Arcs | Aleutians, Hawaiian Islands |
Reverse Polarity | Magnetism switching to S |
Glossopteria | ancient fossil fern found in S.A. & Africa |
Lauria | Large land mass of Europe & Asia |