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4.2 Restless Continents
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Total cards: 5•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
the hypothesis that states that the continents ounced formed a single landmass broke up and drifted to their present locations
Back (Answer)
continental drift
#2
Front (Question)
the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises towards the surface and solidflies
Back (Answer)
sea-floor spreading
#3
Front (Question)
one huge landmass 245 million years ago
Back (Answer)
pangaea
#4
Front (Question)
places where sea-floor spreading takes place
Back (Answer)
mid ocean ridge
#5
Front (Question)
when Earth’s magnetic poles switch places
Back (Answer)
magnetic reversal