Tectonic Plates Flashcards
An oceanic plate going under a continental plate where it melts in the mantle
Subduction
The four layers of the Earth?
Core + Mantle + Outer Core + Inner Core
Where is the lithosphere?
Crust + Upper Mantle
Evidence that leads to continental drift?
Fossils + Rock Formations + Fitting Together
Who predicted continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
The plates move towards each other
Converging
The plates move apart from each other
Diverging
The plates slide past one another
Transform
Volcanoes + Mountains
Converging
Trenches
Converging
Rifts
Diverging
New Crust
Diverging
Earthquakes
Transform
Convergent plates crashing together and causing a subduction zone with a lot of pressure
Tsunami
Transform boundaries sliding past each other and getting stuck
Earthquakes