click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
objective 9
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| continental drift | hypothesis that continents are in constant motion |
| mantle | middle layer of earth situated between the crust above and the core below |
| pangea | ancient supercontinetnt composed of land that forms today's coninents |
| mid ocean range | mountain range located on the sea floor in the middle of the ocean |
| sea floor spreading | new oceanic crust forms at mid ocean range as old oceanic crust moves away |
| convection | circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density |
| convergent plate boundary | where two plates collide |
| divergent plate boundary | where two plates separate |
| lithosphere | cold rigid outermost rock layer of earth |
| plate tectonics | theory that Earth's surface is made of rock plates that more with respect to each other |
| subduction | sinking below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary |
| transform plate boundary | where two plates slide by each other |