Geology Questions

A steep sided cone-shaped mountain built up by layers of lava and pyroclastics

where is the source of heat that drives the currents LOCATED

who noticed that all of the other continents seemed to fit together in 1915

what was the first true continents

what large mass started t split apart 180 million years ago

where is the old crust located during seafloor spreading

what happened to south and north poles overtime

What eventually comes from plate motion

Very large division of geologic time; usually longer than an era

Bending of light as it moves from one substance to another of different density

A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual atoms or molecules of a substance

The portion of the sun's output of electromagnetic radiation that is received by Earth at the outermost part of our atmosphere

A concept that states that sedimentary rocks and some extrusive igneous rocks such as lava flows, form in horizontal layers parallel to Earth's surface

The idea that the physical, chemical, and biological laws that operate today also operated in the past

Light winds that blow from the water to the land

The process by which light bounces off a surface or a materia

The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity. The energy of molecules is transferred by collisions from one molecule to another

The arrangement of electromagnetic radiation according to wavelength

Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely are called ____.

The process of matching rock layers at different locations that formed at the same time and by the same processes