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This is why Wegener's hypothesis of Continental Drift was not initially accepted.
What is he could not explain how continents move?
These are the two main types of evidence that support the hypothesis of continental drift.
What are fossil and geological evidence?
This is when two plates move together and the force that causes it.
What is a convergent plate boundary and compression?
This is when two plates move away from each other and the force that causes it.
What are a divergent plate boundary and tension?
This is when two plates slide past each other and the force that causes it.
What is a transform boundary and shear?
This is the area where one plate slides under another.
What is the subduction zone?
This is caused by convection in the mantle.
What are sea-floor spreading and the movement of tectonic plates?
These are the two types of evidence that scientists have used to support the theory of plate tectonics.
What are fossil evidence and geological evidence?
This is the hypothesis that the continents have slowly moved to their current locations.
What is continental drift?
This is the name of the scientist who first proposed the hypothesis of continental drift.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
These are the types of boundaries where volcanoes from.
What are convergent and divergent?
This is the reason earthquakes occur along plate boundaries.
What is this is where stress or energy builds up (friction)?
This is the reason volcanoes occur along divergent plate boundaries.
What is this is where magma from the mantle is exposed?
This is how a volcano forms.
What is lava erupts onto the surface and cools and hardens building a mountain over time?
These are locations where volcanoes form far from plate boundaries.
What are hot spots?
This is the process of breaking rock into sediment.
What is weathering?
This is the process of breaking rock into small pieces without changing the composition of the rock.
What is physical weathering?
This is what happens to sediment eroded by water, ice, and wind when it slows down or stops moving.
What is the sediment is deposited in a new location?
Sand dunes are and example of erosion and deposition by ___________.
What is wind?
Frost wedging is an example of this type of weathering.
What is physical weathering?
This is how long it takes for soil to form.
What is hundreds to thousands of years?
This is the type of climate that soil forms the fastest in.
What are warm, wet climates?
These are the components make up soil.
What are weathered rock, mineral material, organic matter, water, and air.
This is erosion.
What is the process that moves materials from place to place?
This is the process of breaking rock into sediment while changing the composition of the rock.
What is chemical weathering?