Earth Science Review

Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

New land is created at a ______ plate boundary.

When heat moves from warmer to cooler objects without material moving it is called _______.

What was Wegener's continental drift idea?

Mountain ranges located on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean

As magma cools, all of the mineral grains form at the same temperature.

The lithosphere is

The outlines of the plates are located by mapping

Heat in the mantle moves by

The lithosphere is solid but it can flow.

Warm mantle rises and sinks in a _________________.

The locations of ancient climate zones provide evidence for continental drift.

We can hold something like the core in our hands, a metallic meteorite.

The mid-ocean ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth.

Coal is mined in many cold regions, but it is thought to form in_____ climates.

Each type of rock has a particular

Only one type of mineral can be present in a metamorphic rock.

At a time of reversed magnetic polarity, the north and south poles are

If a divergent plate boundary is found within a continent,

The flat areas of the oceans are called the

A rock that was once a different rock with a different mineral composition and/or texture is a(n)

The seafloor is oldest at the mid-ocean ridge.

Seismic waves travel

All volcanoes and earthquakes take place at plate boundaries.

Since new oceanic crust is being created

Seafloor spreading is what makes the continents move.

Earth's plates are made of slabs of

Two rocks have the same minerals but of very different sizes. Which statement is true?