Tectonics Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CSUF GEOL 310T-09 Henderson Plate Tectonics 100% Solved seafloor spreading The formation of new ocean crust as a result of magma pushing upward and outward from Earth's mantle to the surface. Alfred Wegener A German scientist who proposed the theroy of continental drift Gondwanaland The continents of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica when all the continents were a single landmass. Mantle The layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core. Made of olivine a...

Extremely detailed revision notes including every single thing named on the specification for the Tectonic processes and hazards topic. I achieved an A* using these notes in A Level Edexcel Geography in 2022.

Antonio Snider Pellegrini Correct Answer The man to create the explanations of why the continents look like they can fit together In 1985 he published a book that describes rapid catastrophic split of continents during Noah's Flood Alfred Wegener Correct Answer The man that proposed the idea that we call "continental drift" Continental drift Correct Answer A slow/gradual break up of a single super continent called Pangaea Wegener's 6 Lines of Evidence Correct Answer 1) Fit of the C...

Completed revision notes that go by the A-Level Geography specification for CCEA

Conservative plate boundary - Answer where two tectonic plates slide past each other convergent plate boundary - Answer plates move towards each other and collide Divergent plate boundary - Answer Plates move away from each other Alfred Wegener 1912 - Answer All continents were once joined in a super continent called Pangea. Continental drift caused Pangea to move apart Holmes 1929 - Answer Convection in the mantle is the force behind continental drift oceanographic vessels 1...

MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions MTTC Integrated Science - Earth & Space Sciences with Complete Solutions Theory of Plate Tectonics - ANSWER-A theory stating that Earth's lithosphere is broken into huge plates that move and change in size over time - explains the process of continental drift - theory is a fusion on the theories of continental drift and seafloor spreadi...

GEL1503 SUMMARY STUDY NOTES GEL1503 - Environmental Geology The planet Earth, which we study in Geology today, came into existence in some manner together with other planets and stars and has developed into its current composition and structure. However, the limitations of science have thus far only allowed us to form hypotheses (conjectures) about the originating processes of the universe. • After reading chapter 1 in UE-6, which is about the origin of our system of planets, you shou...

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Outline the structure of the core. - Answer The core is made up of dense rocks containing iron and nickel alloys. It is divided into the solid inner core and the molten outer core, which has a temperature of over 5000C. This heat is produced due to two processes: primordial heat left over from the Earth's formation and radiogenic heat produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes. Outline the structure of the mantle. - Answer The mantle is made up of molten and semi-molten rocks contai...

WJEC AS Geography Tectonics questions and answers Ridge push Rising plumes of hot magma cause the rocks in the lithosphere to bend upwards, forming a mid ocean ridge. Gravity causes the crust to slide downwards. Slab pull At a convergent boundary, the denser heavier plate is subducted, causing sea-floor spreading Convection Circular current that transfers heat energy from magma heated by the core to the crust. The magma cools and then sinks back down. Hotspot A part of ...