plate tectonics Flashcards
who introduced seafloor spreading
Harry Hess
where plates slide past one another
transform boundary
where plates move away from one another
divergent boundary
seafloor spreading was introduced in…
1968
mountains on the seafloor are called
mid-ocean ridge
where one plate sinks beneath another
subduction zone
where plates move towards one another
convergent boundary
who introduced continental drift
Alfred Wegner
what is the putty-like layer in the mantle
asthenosphere
continental drift was introduced in what year
1910
what is an example of a convergent boundary
Andes Mountains
the heating, rising, cooling, sinking process is called what
convection current
the rigid layer of earth, crust, and upper mantle is called what
lithosphere
what is an example of a transform boundary
San Andreas Fault
