Earth Science

Question 0

The process by which new sea floor is continuously made at the mid ocean ridges

Answer 0

Seafloor spreading

Question 1

Large brittle pieces of earths outer shell composed of crust and upper most mantle

Answer 1

Lithospheric plate

Question 2

Hypothesis stating that continents slowly drift parallel to earths surface

Answer 2

Continental drift

Question 3

Theory that explains how lithospheric plates move and interact, causing major geologic features and events

Answer 3

Plate tectonics

Question 4

Mountain ranges in the middle of the Seafloor

Answer 4

Mid ocean ridge

Question 5

Ancient supercontinent that began breaking up about 200 million years ago

Answer 5

Pangaea

Question 6

Portion of a lithospheric plate that sinks down into earths mantle during subduction

Answer 6

Slab

Question 7

Long narrow deep parts of the Seafloor formed where a subduction slab bends down into earth

Answer 7

Ocean trench

Question 8

A network of satellites used to determine locations on earth

Answer 8

GPS