Earth's Structure | Chapter 3: Plate Tectonics

What type of boundary has plates that slip past each other?

Which feature forms at convergent boundaries?

What type of boundary occurs at Y?

What force causes the movement of Earth's plates?

The movement caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat in a cyclical pattern

What does Pangaea stand for?

What is the process in which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle?

What are long chains of mountain ranges that rise up from the ocean floor?

What theory states that all the continents were once joined together in a single landmass?

What type of boundary do Earth's plate come together?

Crust near the mid-ocean ridge is newly formed and hotter. True or False?

What feature occurs at Y?

What evidence did Wegener have to support his theory of continental drift?

What feature occurs at X?

What process adds more crust to the ocean floor?

In which area does subduction of the ocean floor take place?

The Andes Mountains are an example of what type of boundary?

What is happening at Z?

Crust away from the mid-ocean ridge is more dense. True or False?

The African Rift system is an example of what type of boundary?

Why was Wegener's idea rejected?

What type of boundary occurs at X?

What did Wegener think happens during continental drift?

What is the force that suddenly causes plates to slip past each other?

The San Andres fault in an example of which type of boundary?

At which boundary do 2 plates pull apart?

A Rift Valley is the same as a _________________, only on land.