What was one thing used to support the theory of plate tectonics
What are fossils?
asthenosphere
What is what do plates float on
When plates move side by side to each other
What are transform boundaries?
What is evidence that supports plate tectonics?
Fossils, climate, geology
The thinnest and least dense layer of Earth
Crust
What is the cause of plate movement?
Convection currents
What landforms are caused by plate divergent boundaries?
Rift valleys and seafloor spreading
When one plate moves under another plate
Subduction
The mountain range with the highest mountain on the planet caused by convergent plates
Himalaya mountains
What are ways plate tectonics affect people around the world
Earthquakes and volcanoes
What scientist is credited with the first theory of plate tectonics
Alfred Wegener