Causes of Plate Movements
This game is about plate movement theories and mechanisms.
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Topics of this game:
- What mechanism causes the plates to move due to the rising of hot, less dense material?
- Who hypothesized that the continents were moving and once connected?
- What theory suggested that the continents were once connected?
- What is the name of the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago?
- What is the name of the superocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea?
- Who were the scientists who suggested that the seafloor is spreading?
- What theory states that the earth's lithosphere is broken into segments and is moving?
- In mid-1900's, what instrument was used by the scientists to map the mid-oceanic ridges?
- What type of plate boundary creates new ocean floor?
- What refers to the process of one lithospheric plate descending beneath another plate?
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