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ELL Earth Sci 4

Plate Tectonics

TermDefinition
continental drift hypothesis stating that continents once formed a single land mass, broke up and drifted to their current locations
Pangaea single land mass thought to have been the origin of all continents
Panthlassa giant ocean surrounding Pangaea
Mid-Atlantic Ridge undersea mountain range with a steep, narrow valley along its center
mid-ocean ridges system of undersea mountain ranges that wind around the Earth
seafloor spreading movement of the ocean floor away from either side of a mid-ocean ridge
plate tectonics theory that the lithosphere is made up of plates and float on the asthenosphere
lithosphere thin outer shell of the Earth consisting of the crust and rigid upper mantle
asthenosphere zone of mantle beneath the lithosphere that consists of slowly flowing solid rock
divergent boundary boundary formed by two lithospheric plates that are moving apart
convergent boundary border formed by the collision of two lithospheric platess
subduction zone region where one lithospheric plate moves under another
transform boundary boundary formed where two lithospheric plates slide past each other
convection transfer of heat through the movement of heated material
convection current movement of fluid caused by uneven heating
Created by: Jesse Wayland
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