Plate Tectonics Flashcards
What are plate tectonics
Large slabs of rocks
These are lithosphereic plates
Tectonic plates
What are the 7 major plates
Eurasian
North American
South American
Antarctic
Indo-Australian
African
Pacific
Largest major plate
Pacific plate
This explains the inner workings of the earth
Plate tectonic theory
Give 3 tyoes of plate boundaries
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What boundary pulls plates apart?
Divergent
What plate boundary pushes plates into each other
Convergent
What boundary makes playes slide past each other
Transform
What is pangaea
A super continent
It is known as a super ocean
Panthalassa
What is convection current?
Heated mantle material
This happens after subduction
Slab Pull
It slides down a slippery slope
Ridge Push
Give evidences on plate tectonics
Continents fit like jigsaw puzzle
From fossils found in continents
What are the basis of scientists to prove plate tectonics
Fossils
