Geology Questions
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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