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Evidence for Plate Tectonics &
Magnetic Reversals
• Fossils of Mesosaurus are found on
_______________________ and on Africa.
• Coastline _______ is what started the
thinking on plate tectonics.
• The Appalachian Mts. Match mountains
found in _________ when the plates are
put back together.
• The ____________________ is diverging at
a rate of 2.5 to 3cm per year.
• _________________ is credited for
discovering Plate Tectonics.
• Fossils of Mesosaurus are found on South
America and on Africa.
• Coastline _______ is what started the
thinking on plate tectonics.
• The Appalachian Mts. Match mountains
found in _________ when the plates are
put back together.
• The ____________________ is diverging at
a rate of 2.5 to 3cm per year.
• _________________ is credited for
discovering Plate Tectonics.
• Fossils of Mesosaurus are found on South
America and on Africa.
• Coastline Shape is what started the
thinking on plate tectonics.
• The Appalachian Mts. Match mountains
found in _________ when the plates are
put back together.
• The ____________________ is diverging at
a rate of 2.5 to 3cm per year.
• _________________ is credited for
discovering Plate Tectonics.
• Fossils of Mesosaurus are found on South
America and on Africa.
• Coastline Shape is what started the
thinking on plate tectonics.
• The Appalachian Mts. Match mountains
found in Europe when the plates are put
back together.
• The ____________________ is diverging at
a rate of 2.5 to 3cm per year.
• _________________ is credited for
discovering Plate Tectonics.
• Fossils of Mesosaurus are found on
South America and on Africa.
• Coastline Shape is what started the
thinking on plate tectonics.
• The Appalachian Mts. Match
mountains found in Europe when
the plates are put back together.
• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is diverging
at a rate of 2.5 to 3cm per year.
• _________________ is credited for
discovering Plate Tectonics.
• Fossils of Mesosaurus are found on
South America and on Africa.
• Coastline Shape is what started the
thinking on plate tectonics.
• The Appalachian Mts. Match
mountains found in Europe when
the plates are put back together.
• The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is diverging
at a rate of 2.5 to 3cm per year.
• Alfred Wegner is credited for
discovering Plate Tectonics.
Magnetic Reversals
• Newly formed _____________ at spreading
centers has the current polarity of Earth’s
present _____________.
• As you go away from the _______________,
the polarity of the crust changes, or
alternates _____________.
• A rock’s ________ is defined when the rock
cools (or when it is formed). This is
evidence the Earth’s magnetic field has
________ many times in the past. Definite
reasons for this are _________.
Magnetic Reversals
• Newly formed oceanic crust at spreading
centers has the current polarity of Earth’s
present _____________.
• As you go away from the _______________,
the polarity of the crust changes, or
alternates _____________.
• A rock’s ________ is defined when the rock
cools (or when it is formed). This is
evidence the Earth’s magnetic field has
________ many times in the past. Definite
reasons for this are _________.
Magnetic Reversals
• Newly formed oceanic crust at spreading
centers has the current polarity of Earth’s
present magnetic field.
• As you go away from the _______________,
the polarity of the crust changes, or
alternates _____________.
• A rock’s ________ is defined when the rock
cools (or when it is formed). This is
evidence the Earth’s magnetic field has
________ many times in the past. Definite
reasons for this are _________.
Magnetic Reversals
• Newly formed oceanic crust at spreading
centers has the current polarity of Earth’s
present magnetic field.
• As you go away from the spreading center,
the polarity of the crust changes, or
alternates ______________.
• A rock’s ________ is defined when the rock
cools (or when it is formed). This is
evidence the Earth’s magnetic field has
________ many times in the past. Definite
reasons for this are _________.
Magnetic Reversals
• Newly formed oceanic crust at spreading
centers has the current polarity of Earth’s
present magnetic field.
• As you go away from the spreading center,
the polarity of the crust changes, or
alternates back and forth.
• A rock’s ________ is defined when the rock
cools (or when it is formed). This is
evidence the Earth’s magnetic field has
________ many times in the past. Definite
reasons for this are _________.
Magnetic Reversals
• Newly formed oceanic crust at spreading
centers has the current polarity of Earth’s
present magnetic field.
• As you go away from the spreading center,
the polarity of the crust changes, or
alternates back and forth.
• A rock’s polarity is defined when the rock
cools (or when it is formed). This is
evidence the Earth’s magnetic field has
________ many times in the past. Definite
reasons for this are _________.
Magnetic Reversals
• Newly formed oceanic crust at spreading
centers has the current polarity of Earth’s
present magnetic field.
• As you go away from the spreading center,
the polarity of the crust changes, or
alternates back and forth.
• A rock’s polarity is defined when the rock
cools (or when it is formed). This is
evidence the Earth’s magnetic field has
reversed many times in the past. Definite
reasons for this are ________.
Magnetic Reversals
• Newly formed oceanic crust at spreading
centers has the current polarity of Earth’s
present magnetic field.
• As you go away from the spreading center,
the polarity of the crust changes, or
alternates back and forth.
• A rock’s polarity is defined when the rock
cools (or when it is formed). This is
evidence the Earth’s magnetic field has
reversed many times in the past. Definite
reasons for this are unknown.