1 Define the term
Asthenoshpere
What is the soft flowing layer under the lithosphere that allows movement?
Massive fragment of the lithosphere
What is a tectonic plate?
Tectonic Plate
What is a massive fragment of the lithosphere?
Lithosphere
What is the outermost shell of our planet that is made up of the crust and upper mantle?
The place where two tectonic plates meet
What is a plate boundary?
Plate Boundary
What is the place where two tectonic plates meet?
The process that creates new oceanic crust at ridges.
What is seafloor spreading?
Subduction
What is when one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle?
Fault Line
What is a fracture in the Earth's crust where movement occurs?
A fracture in Earth's crust where movement occurs.
What is a fault line?
Ridge Push
What is the force that moves plates away from mid-ocean ridges?
When one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle.
What is slab pull?
Slab Pull
What is the primary force caused by a sinking tectonic plate pulling the rest along with it?
A localized column of hot mantle material that rises toward the crust.
What is a magma plume?
Magma Plume
The soft flowing layer that allows the tectonic plates to move.
What is the asthenosphere?
The force that moves plates away from mid-ocean ridges.
What is ridge push?
Seafloor Spreading
What is the process that creates new oceanic crust at ridges
The outermost shell of our planet that is made up of the crust and upper mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
Continental Drift Theory
What is the theory of continents slowly move over Earth's surface?
The Comprehensive theory that Earth's lithosphere is broken into moving plates.
Plate Tectonic Theory
What is the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is broken into moving plates?
The theory that states that continents slowly move over the Earth's surface.
What is the continental drift theory?