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Quiz 4
Exercise for Comprehensive Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pangaea | super-continent has exsisted 250 m.y.a |
| Continental Drift | Hypotheseis that continents have moved from on Earth's surface. |
| Asthenosphere | Ductile layer of the Earth which plates float on. |
| Craton | Expanse of ancient rock at the core of each continent. |
| Rift Valley | A deep valley at the point where two continents are moving apart. |
| Deep sea-trench | Forms at a subduction boundary |
| Rift | A crack in the lithosphere |
| Mid-ocean Ridge | Forms at a divergent plate boundary |
| Plate Tectonics | Theory of movement, interation, and formation among lithosphere plates. |
| Divergent | boundary between two plates that are moving apart |
| Convergent | boundary between two plates which are moving toward one another. |
| Transform | boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other. |
| Subduction | boundary in which one plate slides beneath the other plate. |
| Collision | boundary in which two plates which are moving toward one another. |