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Plate Tectonics Matching

10 Matching Plate Tectonic terms

AB
a. asthenosphereinstrument for studying Earth’s magnetic field
b. continental driftplastic-like layer below the lithosphere
c. convection currentidea that continents moved to their current positions on Earth by plowing through the ocean floor
d. convergent boundarylarge landmass made of all continents
e. divergent boundarymotion underlying plate tectonics
g. magnetometerprocess that forms new seafloor
h. Pangaealarge sections of Earth’s crust and upper mantle
j. platesboundary where plates move apart from each other
k. seafloor spreadingboundary at which plates collide
m. transform faultplace where plates slide past one another


Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California

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