Chapter 25 Flashcards
a system of mountain ranges with a rift valley between them that extends around earth on the seafloor; formed where oceanic plates spread apart due to magma rising from earths mantle
mid-ocean ridge
a long narrow depression formed in between the peaks along the mid-oceanic ridge
rift valley
boundary where two plated collide, produces either subduction zones or continental collisions
convergent plate boundary
the movement of a dense oceanic plate under a buoyant continental plate
subduction
a boundary between two plates that are moving apart
divergent plate boundary
tectonic plate boundary in which plates slide horizontally past each other in opposite directions
transform plate boundary
sudden movement or vibration of the ground that occurs when rocks slip and slide along enormous cracks in Earths crust
earthquake
cracks in earths crust along which rock has moved
fault
the sudden release of strain energy from rock as it moves along a fault
elastic rebound
point of origin for an earthquake, the point from which seismic waves originate
focus
the point on earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
epicenter
who came up with the Continental drift hypothesis?
Alfred Weneger
what evidence did Weneger find to back up his hypotheses
- fossils (or Large animals fossils)
- Cost Lines
- Mountain and Ranges with same rock type and ages.
what is the name of the super continent
Pangaea
who came up with the seafloor spreading hypothesis
Harry Hess
How did he discover seafloor setting
he used sonar
Hess discovered what with the sonar
He discovered the mid-ocean ridge
What are the types of plate boundary
- Convergent boundaries
- Divergent boundaries
- Transform boundaries
How many transform plate boundaries are there?
1 which is the Caribbean plate
how do convergent plate boundaries move?
together, collide, or converge —->