LESSON 6 Q2 Flashcards
device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects and then record the echoes off these sound waves
SONAR
geologist and united states navy. considered one of the “founding fathers” of the unifying of plate tectonic
Harry Hammond Hess
the magma moves up from the mantle and erupt as pillow lava
seafloor spreading
rocks shaped like pillow show that molten materials have erupted again and again from crack along the mid ocean ridge and cooled quickly
evidence from molten materials
rocket that make up the ocean floor lie in a pattern of magnetized stripes which hold a record of the reversal in magnetic field
evidence from magnetic strip
core samples from the ocean floor show that older rocks are found farther from the ridge: youngest rock are in the mid ocean ridge
evidence from drilling samples