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Glesmann Plate Tect
Chapter 3 lesson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| continental drift | hypothesis that continents were once joined together then moved apart |
| pangaea | supercontinent that formed 300 million years agao |
| midocean ridge | undersea mountain range where new ocean floor is made at divergent boundaries |
| seafloor spreading | process of molten rock rising from the mantle creating new crust |
| deepocean trench | deep valley on the ocean floor where oceanic crust sinks toward the mantle |
| subduction | oceanic crust sinks under a deep-ocean trench to the mantle |
| plate tectonics | theory that Earth's plates are in constant motion on the mantle |
| fault | crack in Earth's crust where plates slide past each other |
| divergent boundary | where two plates move away from eachother |
| convergent boundary | where two plates come together |
| transform boundary | where two plates slide past each other in opposite directions |
| constructive force | any natural process that builds up Earth's surface |
| destructive force | any natural process that breaks down Earth's surface |