Exam 4: Plate Tectonics

According to Wegener's model,what evidence,left by glaciers,supports the existence of Pangaea?

The Hawaiian Islands are a result of the Pacific Plate passing over a hot spot.

What is a plate and how does it relate to isostasy?

The _______ plate is located off of Vancouver Island and is currently separating from the Pacific Plate.

What was the name of the floral fossils Wegener used to support his idea of continental drift?

Why are the depths of earthquake foci relatively shallow when associated with transform plate boundaries?

Rocks closer to the spreading centers in the oceans are older than the rocks farther away from the spreading center.

A hypothesis is a scientific theory that has been tested.

Which of the following terms best describes the rocky outer layer of the Earth?

According to the diagram below,how do the GPS measurements of plate movements in the west-central United States compare with the plate movements in the southern California area?

The exact point where an earthquake occurs below the surface is the _______.

In the figure below,what is the approximate age of the sea floor off the north coast of Spain?

Obduction is the processes where one plate slides under another.

The Red Sea and East Africa are good examples of divergent plate boundaries.

The reptilian fossils that Wegener used to help prove his ideas about continental drift are known as _______.

Rocks that are _______ rise at the ridges,and rocks that are cold tend to sink as they travel away from the ridge.

Wegener was the first scientist to notice the close fit between the continents of Africa and South America.

Describe the lines of evidence Wegener used to reconstruct Pangaea.

The phenomenon of the Earth's magnetic pole being in different locations in the past is known as _______.

In the figure below,the north magnetic pole for North America 200 million years ago was located in modern day _______.