Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
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
Normal Size Small Size show me how
plate tectonics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conduction | heat transfer through direct contact |
| radiation | transfer of heat through empty space |
| convection | heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid |
| heat transfer | movement of heat from a warmer object to a cooler object |
| density | the amount of mass in a specific volume |
| continental drift | the hypothesis that all the continents had once been together but have drifted apart |
| mid-ocean ridge | the longest chain of mountains in the world |
| sea-floor spreading | the process that continually adds new material to the ocean floor |
| subduction | process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle through a trench |
| deep- ocean trench | deep underwater canyon |
| plate tectonics | theory explaining the formation, movement, and subduction of Earth's crust |
| lithosphere | uppermost part of the mantle and the crust form the tectonic plates |
| asthenosphere | part of the mantle that the tectonic plates float on where convection takes place |
| transform boundary | place where two plates slip past each other |
| divergent boundary | place where two plates move apart |
| convergent boundary | place where two plates come together |
| fault | a crack in Earth's surface |
Created by:
kcurtin
Popular Earth Science sets