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Plate Tec./Sea Spdng
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| divergent | plates that move away from each other |
| convergent | plates that move toward each other |
| Mid Ocean Ridge | huge mountain on ocean floor |
| Mesosaurus | dinosaurs used to prove drifting |
| Alfred Wegener | came up with theory of plate tectonics |
| Harry Hess | came up with theory of sea floor spreading |
| upper mantle | Earth layer that plates move in |
| paleomagnetic | This is not evidence of continental drift |
| oceanic plates | Two of these moving towards each other cause sea floor spreading |
| convection currents | This causes plates to move |
| mountain chains | One area of proof that plate tectonics occurs |