Platectonics Flashcards
Lithosphere
outer ridge of the earth
Asthenosphere
the upper layer of the earth’s mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
Mesosphere
the region of the earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude.
Inner Core
the innest part of the earth
outer core
outer most part of the earth
Seismic Waves
waves of semi crazyiness
Oceanic Crust
crust of the ocean
Continental crust
the continent of the crust
Density
how much it weighs
Alfred Wegener
a very stupid alfred
Continental Drift
a continent drifted
Convergent Boundary
a destrutive plate
Divergent Boundary
a plate boundry
Transform Boundary
final boundry
sea-floor spreading
the spreading of the sea floor