Earth Science

Which of the following was NOT a piece of evidence used by Alfred Wegener?

Which of the following can occur at all three plate boundaries?

Convection currents occur in the ____________.

Which of the following was NOT a reason that the scientific community rejected Wegener's idea of continental drift?

What landform feature forms when two oceanic plates diverge from one another?

Pressure increases from the Earth's surface toward the center of the planet.

What are two different types of crust?

The surface of the Earth is called the:

Hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single Landmass then broke apart:

What was Marie Tharp's discovery that helped prove Wegener's idea?

Which part of the Earth is in liquid form?

What College did Mr. Sprickman go to?

The flow of material in the inner core is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field.

Where would you most likely find new rock?

Continents were once joined together in a single large landmass called what?

What was Mr. Sprickman's favorite subject in school as a kid?

What was Alfred Wegener's scientific profession?

What was the name of Alfred Wegener's idea about the movement of continents?

Pangea was a supercontinent that existed about 1000 years ago

What is Mr. Sprickman's favorite ride at Disneyland?

A Hot Spot volcano would likely appear in the middle of a tectonic plate.

How do scientists know about the structure of the Earth’s interior?

What is Mr. Sprickman's favorite flavor of Ice Cream?

What landform feature would not be found at a convergent plate boundary?

Convection currents in the mantle are caused by differences in what?

Which layer of the Earth is made up of the least elements?

Scientist who came up with the hypothesis of Continental Drift was who?

How long has Mr. Sprickman taught at Iron Horse