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Moving Continents
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Divergent Boundary | Boundary between two plates pulling apart |
| Lithosphere | composed of rigid mantle and crust |
| trench | deep depression under the ocean floor |
| continental drift | Explains similar fossils on more than one continent |
| sea floor spreading | results in magma being forced through cracks at a rift valley or zone |
| mid-ocean ridges | under water mountain chains |
| mantle | Earth's interior layer, composed of both solid and putty-like rock |
| convergent boundary | boundary between two plates that meet head-on |
| transform fault boundary | boundary between two plates that are sliding past one another |
| subduction zone | area where one plate slides beneath the other |
| Mountains or trench | form at convergent plate boundary |
| younger rock | is near either side of a mid-ocean ridge |
| older rock | is far away from a mid ocean ridge |
| mid-ocean ridge | is new material added to the Earth's Lithosphere |