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Plate Techtonics
Semester Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pangaea | all the contents were once part of a super-contents |
| Continental drift | suggested that contents are In a constant motion on the surface of earth |
| mid-ocean-ridge | the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans. |
| seafloor spreading | the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge. |
| Plate tectonics | Earth's surface is made of ridge slabs of rocks or plates that move with respect to each other |
| lithosphere | the cold and rigid outermost layer |
| divergent plate boundary | forms where two plates separates |
| transform plate boundary | forms where two plates slide past each other |
| convergent plate boundary | forms where two plates collide. |
| seduction | the denser the plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process |
| convection | the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and the density |