What is the theory of continental drift? Who proposed it?
What is theory that the continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth, sometimes plowing through oceans and into each other. Alfred Wegener called this movement continental drift.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
What is a place where two tectonic plates move towards each other, eventually colliding.
What is a Transform Boundary?
What is when two plates slide past one another.
Where do faults occur?
Middle of plates/Divergent boundaries
What is a Divergent Boundary?
What is when two tectonic plates move apart.
How are mountain ranges created?
What is when two plates converge.
Where is the lithosphere located?
What is the crust and upper mantle
Tectonic plates move because....
What is convection currents in the mantle?
What is the process by which new ocean floor is created when tectonic plates move apart. Divergent boundaries.