PLATE TECTONICS Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading Continental Drift German scientist Alfred Wegener proposes the theory of Continental Drift in 1912 What does Continental…

Sea Floor Spreading EQ: What is the process of sea-floor spreading? Mid-Ocean Ridge Mid-Ocean Ridge: The undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent…

Unit 4 Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics Section 1 Continental Drift Wegenerâs Hypothesis   In 1912 German scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of Continental Drift.…

PowerPoint Presentation Sea-Floor Spreading Marie Tharp Oceanographer First to map details of the ocean floor on a global scale Her observations became crucial to the eventual…

Sea-Floor Spreading Sea-Floor Spreading Sea-Floor Spreading âthe process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor while pushing older rocks away from the ridge…

Sea Floor Spreading EQ: What is the process of sea-floor spreading? Mid-Ocean Ridge Mid-Ocean Ridge: The undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent…

Plate Tectonic Theory Evidence for Continental Drift TEKS 8-9A Alfred Wegener in the early 1900âs proposed the hypothesis that continents were once joined together in a…

Sea-Floor Spreading Sea-Floor Spreading Sea-Floor Spreading âthe process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor while pushing older rocks away from the ridge…

Plate Tectonic Theory Evidence for Plate Tectonics By Mrs. Baker Alfred Wegener in the early 1900âs proposed the hypothesis that continents were once joined together in…

Bellringer What three specific types of evidence did Wegener study that led to him creating the idea that the continents had moved? Sea-Floor Spreading Notes Mid-Ocean Ridges…