Chapter 7 - Plate Tectoniocs

Plates slidepast one another at ____.

Continentaldrift states that continents have moved ____ to their current location.

The crust andupper mantle make up Earth's ____.

The result of plate movementcan be seen at 

Active volcanoes are most likely to form at ____.

The Himalayanmountain range of India was formed at a ____.

15. A ____ can alsoform when two oceanic plates collide.

Continental-continentalplate collisions produce ____.

Seafloorspreading occurs because ____.

____ currentsinside Earth might drive plate motion.

Many earlymapmakers thought Earth’s continents had moved based on ____.

Plates of thelithosphere float on the ____.

While studying the ocean floor, scientists found ____ bands of magnetism.

All land was once a single supercontinent called ____

rock onthe seafloor showing alternating magnetic orientation indicate Earth's magneticfield has

The youngest part of the ocean floor is found ____.

The hypothesisthat continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called ____.

The boundarybetween two plates moving together is called a ____.

Plates move apart at ____ boundaries.

____ are formedwhen two continental plates collide.

the continents move apart or come together at speeds of a few centimeters per 

Features foundat divergent plate boundaries include ____.

In order tocomplete a convection current, the rising material must eventually ____ Earth.

The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.

Wegener believed thatthe continents were assembled as part of a supercontinent ____ Years ago

Matching ____on different continents are evidence for continental drift.

A vast,underwater mountain chain is called a(n) _________.