Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics

What seafloor feature is associated with the subduction zone?

Which mountain range is getting bigger right now?

Transform boundaries move ______________  each other.

The Atlantic Ocean is getting

Divergent boundaries move ______________  each other.

The Pacific ocean is getting

Which evidence supported the theory of continental drift (before the discovery of plate tectonics)?

What chain of islands formed due to Hot Spot volcanoes?

Subduction zone occurs at what kind of boundary?

What boundary produces the most explosive volcanoes?

Denser ocean crust forced below less dense continental crust

Convection is the transfer of heat in

What is continental drift?

Convergent boundaries move ______________  each other.

Sea floor is created at this type of boundary:

This theory suggests that the earth's crust is broken up into sections:

Where are there active ocean ridge volcanoes?

Forms when two continental plates collides

What sea floor feature is associated with the divergent zone?

This is where one plate ends and the other begins

Magma moves the earth's plates through the forces caused by