Plate Tectonics Vocab Review!
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- Q1the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenospherePlate Tectonics60s
- Q2a theory that suggests that all of the continents use to be part of one big continent, until they broke apart and slowly drifted to where they are nowContinental Drift60s
- Q3term for the super continent which (some believe) contained all the tectonic plates joined togetherPangea60s
- Q4thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floorOceanic Crust60s
- Q5thicker, less dense, older crust making the continentsContinental Crust60s
- Q6-Earth's crust and part of the upper mantleLithosphere60s
- Q7lithosphere-this layer makes up the tectonic plates60s
- Q8-the plastic-like layer of Earth below the platesAsthenosphere60s
- Q9asthenosphere-the tectonic plates float on this60s
- Q10a plate boundary at which plates come togetherConvergent Boundaries60s
- Q11a plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each otherDivergent Boundaries60s
- Q12the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontallyTransform Boundary60s
- Q13a crack in the Earth's crustFault60s
- Q14openings in Earth's crust from which molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases flow or eruptVolcanoes60s
- Q15land form made by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards.Mountains60s