Plate Tectonics Review

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in OPPOSITE directions is called:

Theory that states that pieces of the earth's lithosphere are in constant motion is:

The name of the super-continent that existed millions of years ago is:

What is one of the main reasons the earth's surface has changed over time?

When oceanic plates converge with continental plates, what is formed?

Plates that pull away from each other in opposite directions are what type of boundaries?

When two oceanic plates DIVERGE, what is formed?

Plates that move towards each other and come together are which type of plates?

When oceanic plates bend down and melt into the mantle, it is called:

All continents were once one  but have moved to where they are now is:

Crust closest to the mid ocean ridge is ____________ than crust that spreads farther out.

This action in the mantle is the cause of plate movement:

Pieces of lithosphere that float on the aesthenosphere are called:

What landform is made where continental plates pull apart at a divergent boundary?

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called:

When two continental plates converge, what is formed?

This man hypothesized Pangaea and made the Theory of Continental Drift