Vocabulary

Question 1

When more dense oceanic crust is forced under the less dense continental crust causing it to melt into magma

Answer 1

Subduction

Question 2

theory that a huge supercontinent (Pangea) started moving apart

Answer 2

Continental Drift

Question 3

when divergent boundaries occur within a continent, causing enormous splits in the crust.

Answer 3

Continental RIFT

Question 4

the region of the earth’s interior between the crust and the core

Answer 4

Mantle

Question 5

oceanic crust spreads, allowing hot rock from mantle to rise creating high ridges

Answer 5

Mid ocean ridge

Question 6

area of many fractured pieces of crust along a large fault

Answer 6

Fault Zone