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plate tectonics
semester exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pangaea | continents were once part of a supercontinent |
| continintal drift | suggested that continentins are in constent motion on the surface of earth |
| mid ocean ridge | the mountain ranges in the middle of the ocaen |
| seafloor spreading | the process by witch new oceanic crust forms along a mid ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge |
| plate titonics | earths surface is made of ridge slabs of rock ,or plates that move with respect to each other |
| divergent plate boundrey | forms where 2 plates seperate |
| transforms plate boundrey | forms where 2 plates side past each other |
| converts plate boundrey | forms where 2 plates collide |
| subduction | the denser plate sinks below the more buoyent plate in a process |
| convention | the circulation of matirealls caused by diffrencess in temputure and density |