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Moving Plates
Mr. Smith's 6th grade Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Earth's solid surface | crust |
| theory that the continents fit together like puzzle pieces, and once formed a supercontinent | Pangaea |
| theory that explains that the continents split into pieces and drifted apart | continential drift |
| a model that says new crustal material is forming at the ocean ridges caused by the old seaw floor being spread apart | sea-floor spreading |
| describes Earth's crust as broken into pieces, or plates. This is the newer model that explains how the continents and sea floor have spread | plate tectonics |
| layer below the crust | mantle |
| when two plates collide and one slides under the other | subduction |
| plates moving apart | divergent boundary |
| plates moving towards each other | convergent boundary |
| plates sliding past each other | transform boundary |