Geography Plate Tectonics Flashcards
1
Q
What is Pangea?
A
A super continent where all land was joined together
2
Q
What is plate?
A
A slab of rock
3
Q
What is the plate tectonic theory?
A
When they put Wegeners and Hass’s ideas together that the world was one big slab of rock called plates.
4
Q
What are convection currents?
A
The rising and falling of magma in the Mantel due to the heat of the core
5
Q
What is a continental drift?
A
The idea that the continents move further or closer away from each other.
6
Q
What is sea-floor spreading?
A
When the earths tectonic plates split apart allowing new crust to from.
