Term
|
Definition
| the theory that the continents are moving |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the state when all of the continents were together |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| German meteorologist. He came up with the theory that the continents were connected. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| that the continents looked like they fit together |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| they found fossils in the same place that looked like they fit together |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| he found rocks and geological structures that were the same in different places, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| climate data like how tropical places had glaciers. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the hot air pushes up to the surface then eventually dies down |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| when continental plates pull apart |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| when oceanic and continental plates collide |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a mid ocean range like the mid Atlantic, forms plates continue to seperate |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| where two continental plates collide |
|
|
