Plate Tectonics (ESS Ch 17)

Continental-continental plate collisions produce

Plates come together at

The magnetic pattern of ocean-floor rocks on one side of an ocean ridge is

The driving force of tectonic plates are related to convection currents in Earth's

Subduction results in the formation of

A long, narrow, fault-bounded, continental depression is a(n)

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated matter is

A _ detects small changes in the Earth's magnetic field.

Many early mapmakers thought Earth's continents had moved based on

Isochron maps of the seafloor indicate that ocean crust is

Wegener's continental drift was not accepted because

Each cycle of spreading and intrusion of magma during seafloor spreading

The study of Earth's magnetic record is is known as

To prepare for test, I am going to

A change in Earth's magnetic field is called a(n)

___ is the process that occurs at convergent boundaries.

___ occurs when one tectonic plate descend beneath another

Compared to ocean crust near deep-sea trenches, crust near ocean ridges is

The map line connecting points that have the same age is a(n)

Crust is neither destroyed nor formed along _ boundaries.