Plate tectonics Flashcards
The rigid outer part of the earth
Lithosphere
The upper part of the mantle
Asthenosphere
The region of the earths atmosphere above the stratosphere
Mesosphere
A solid sphere in the middle of the earth
Inner Core
A fluid layer inside the earth
Outer Core
An elastic wave in the earth created by an earthquake or something else
Seismic Waves
Top layer of the earth
Oceanic Crust
The thick part of the Earths crust
Continental Crust
How dense the thing is
Density
A scientist who came up with continental drift
Wegener
Theory that the continents drifted apart
Continental Drift
a place that is in-between the plate tectonics
Convergent Boundary
In between plate tectonics when they are moving apart
Divergent Boundary
Super continent
Pangea
One of the two continents that formed when pongee broke up
Gondwana
