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plate tectonics
semester exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pangaea | All the continue were once part of a supercontinent |
| contental drift | suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface air |
| mid-ocean | The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans |
| seafloor spreading | the process by which new oceanic crust form along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge |
| plate tectonics | Earths surface is made of ridge slabs of rocks, or plates, that move with respect to each other |
| lithosphere | the cold and rigid outmost layer |
| Divergent plate boundary | forms where two plates seperate |
| transform plate boundary | forms where two plates slide past each other |
| convergent plate boundary | form where two plate collide |
| subduction | the denser plate sinks below the move bouyant plate in a procss |
| convention | the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and destiny |