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Chapter 4
Chapter 3 Earthquake- minimal to rapid shaking of the ground
Alfred Wegener- Continental Drift Theory HAZARD:
(that Earth’s Continents have moved over geologic time -surface rupture
relative to each other) -liquefaction
Pangaea- supercontinent, giant land mass -fires
Panthalasa- super ocean -tsunami
2 first continent- Laurasia and Gondwanaland -landslide
7 continents- Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe,
South and North America Volcanic Eruption-
Harry Hess- Seafloor Spreading -explosive type eruption
(showed that the ocean floor is split along the ridge where -non explosive type eruption
the magma rises to form the new ocean floor) Ring of Fire- Area surrounded by an active volcanoes