Continental Drift Flashcards
Who invented the theory of continental drift?
Alfred wegener
What were the evidences of continental drift theory?
Continents fit like puzzles
Fossils correlation
Rocks & mountains correlation
Climate zones
What is a erosion?
When material is transported by natural forces
Why no one believed Wegener?
He couldn’t explain how the continents moved?
How a echo sounder works?
Uses sound waves to determine depth of sea floor
What they found using the echo sounder?
Mid-ocean ridges
Rift zones
Deep sea tranches
Continental margin
True or false?
The age of the sea floor was a evidence of continental drift
True
What’s is the name of the supercontinent?
Pangea
Where older rocks are found?
Far from the mid-ocean ridges