Heat Transfer
The type of heat transfer that occurs when two objects are touching
What is conduction?
This constant motion causes the plates to move
What are Convection Currents?
When to plates collide
What is Convergent Boundaries?
This is the molten material that is found beneath the Earth's surface
What is magma?
The type of heat transfer that occurs when waves travel through space.
What is radiation?
Long underwater mountain chains formed by divergent boundaries
What are Mid-Ocean Ridges?
Breaks in the Earth's crust
What are Faults?
When two plates separate
What is Divergent Boundaries?
This is the name of molten material that is found on the surface of the Earth.
What is Lava?
The type of heat transfer that occurs in a fluid (liquid or gas) and is powered by changes in temperature, density, and gravity.
What is Convection?
During subduction, the ocean floor sinks back into the mantle creating these landforms underwater
What are Deep Ocean Trenches?
Two continental plates colliding will create this landform
What are Mountains?
When two plates slide past each other
What is Transform Boundaries?
These landforms are found along the Ring of Fire
What are volcanoes and earthquakes?
This heat transfer occurs within the Earth's asthenosphere and powers the movement of tectonic plates.
What is Convection currents?
The 3 types of evidence for sea-floor spreading are ocean material, rock drilling, and this
What is Magnetic Stripes?
Transform boundaries usually cause these
What are Earthquakes?
Two continental plates separating will create this
What is a Rift Valley?
Formula for density
What is mass/volume?
This heat transfer occurs when you go outside and get a sunburn.
What is Radiation from the Sun?
In the mid-1900s, scientists mapped the ocean floor using this technology
What is Sonar?
This process causes earthquakes as well as mountains to grow and move
What is the movement of tectonic plates?
In the mid-1960s, geologists combined all they knew about plates into a single _____________
What is Theory?
Which ocean is getting larger and why?
The Atlantic Ocean is getting bigger because of sea floor spreading