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 Tectonics60sEditDelete
- 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 Drift60sEditDelete
- Q3term for the super continent which (some believe) contained all the tectonic plates joined togetherPangea60sEditDelete
- Q4thinner, more dense, younger crust making ocean floorOceanic Crust60sEditDelete
- Q5thicker, less dense, older crust making the continentsContinental Crust60sEditDelete
- Q6-Earth's crust and part of the upper mantleLithosphere60sEditDelete
- Q7lithosphere-this layer makes up the tectonic plates60sEditDelete
- Q8-the plastic-like layer of Earth below the platesAsthenosphere60sEditDelete
- Q9asthenosphere-the tectonic plates float on this60sEditDelete
- Q10a plate boundary at which plates come togetherConvergent Boundaries60sEditDelete
- Q11a plate boundary at which plates are moving away from each otherDivergent Boundaries60sEditDelete
- Q12the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontallyTransform Boundary60sEditDelete
- Q13a crack in the Earth's crustFault60sEditDelete
- Q14openings in Earth's crust from which molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases flow or eruptVolcanoes60sEditDelete
- Q15land form made by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other upwards.Mountains60sEditDelete
- Q16a deep valley that forms where two plates move apartRift Valley60sEditDelete
- Q17an underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundaryMid-Ocean Ridge60sEditDelete
- Q18a convergent boundary where an oceanic plate is pushed beneath a continental plate forming a trenchSubduction Zone60sEditDelete
- Q19sudden movements of Earth's crust followed by a series of shocksEarthquakes60sEditDelete