5C Quiz Flashcards
__________is the study of earths bedrock,earthquakes,volcanoes, and mountains, and the forces and processes that formed them
Tectonics
geologists call a down ward fold, like a trough or bowl, a _______
Syncline
the_______ theory did a poor job explaining where mountains come from
Geosyncline theory
geologists have identified many _______ _______ that make up the earths crust
tectonic plates
______ _____ published several papers on his continental displacement theory
Alfred Wegener
many geologists have noticed many ________ along edges of some ocean basins
deep trenches called mid-ocean ridges
_______ oozes up through a spreading crack in the ocean basin crust, called a rift slowly pull away, more ______ pushes up from below to take its place
magma
_______ is the theory that the outer rigid layer of the earth (the lithosphere) is divided into a couple of dozen “plates” that move around across the earth’s surface relative to each other, like slabs of ice on a lake.
Plate tectonics
_________ is a plate tectonics that fits well with the bibles flood account
catastrophic plate tectonics
The theory that continents used to fit together like egg shells and drifted apart
The continental drift theory
A crack in the ocean basin crust is called a ________
Rift
________ oozes up through the rifts
Magma
The formation of new ocean crust at mid-ocean ridge is called _____-_______ spreading
Sea-floor