Layers and Plates

heat transfer by the movement of a material

means "stone" or "rock"

Denser materials

dense iron and nickel

A slab of the Earth's lithosphere is called

when hot rock rises, cools and sinks again and again

Occurs where plates push together

When plates scrape past each other

plates scrape past eachother

Evidence for continental drift

Alfred Wegener propsed the theory of?

A deep valley that forms in a divergent boundary is a

The scientist that developed the idea of Pangaea

Comes from the Greek word meaning "all lands"

the Cascade Mountains are an example of

The energy transfer by the movement of a material

When plates move apart

magnetic reversal

A plume or column of magma that melts the crust and creates volcanic islands is called

the greek word means "weak"