A well-tested, widely accepted explanation that combines several hypotheses and observations.
Theory
A fracture or zone fractures between two blocks of rock.
Fault
A region where the crustal plates are moving apart
Divergent Plate Boundary
What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?
volcanic arc
LITHOSPHERE
ASTHENOSPERE
HYDROSPHERE
MESOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
The gradual movement of the continents across Earth's surface over time.
Continental drift
Coal beds formed from the compaction and decomposition of swamp plants that lived millions of years ago.
Coal deposits
The rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit
What geologic event is most likely to happen when two plates slide past each other?
earthquake
Convergent Plate Boundaries
Subduction Plate Boundaries
Transform Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Subduction Plate Boundaries
A trace of an ancient organism preserved within a layer of rock.
Fossil
Subduction
the oceanic plate
Divergent-mountains
Convergent-volcanoes
Transform-earthquakes
divergent-mountains
300 million years ago, the continents were one giant landmass called _____
Pangaea
Current in the mantle because of the heat from the inner layers of the Earth, and is the force that drives the plates to move.
Convergent Plate Boundary
What theory helps explain the formation and destruction of the Earth's crust and its movement over time?
Plate Tectonics Theory
convergent - mountains
convergent- trenches
convergent-rift valleys
convergent volcanoes
convergent-rift valleys
Earth is covered with landmasses called _____.
Continent
Branch of geology that deals with the movements that shape the Earth's Crust.
Tectonics
Volcanic Island Arc
What are the mechanical layers of the Earth?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
divergent - ocean ridges
divergent - earthquakes
divergent - trenches
divergent - rift valleys
The theory of continental drift, which states that continents were once a large landmass called Pangaea. Overtime, this large landmass broke up and the pieces dirfted apart, forming the continents we now see.