Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Theory of the continental drift The theory of the continents being one super-continent slowly drifting away to their spots today
Pangaea A super-continent which means all land
Inner Core Solid core made mostly of iron and nickel
Outer Core Liquid core made mostly of iron and nickel
Mantle The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere
Crust The outermost solid shell of the earth which is about 5 to 40 miles thick
Lithosphere The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
Aesthenosphere A zone of the earth's mantle that lies beneath the lithosphere and consists of several hundred kilometers of deformable rock
Continental Crust Crust that forms under land or continents
Oceanic Crust Crust that forms under oceans
Divergent Boundary Boundary that splits land
Convergent Boundary Boundary that collides with one another forming mountains and volcanoes
Transform Boundary Boundary that slides past each other
Created by: 1962116900
Popular Science sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards