A | B |
a. asthenosphere | plastic-like layer below the lithosphere |
b. continental drift | idea that continents moved to their current positions on Earth by plowing through the ocean floor |
c. convection current | motion underlying plate tectonics |
d. convergent boundary | boundary at which plates collide |
e. divergent boundary | boundary where plates move apart from each other |
g. magnetometer | instrument for studying Earth’s magnetic field |
h. Pangaea | large landmass made of all continents |
j. plates | large sections of Earth’s crust and upper mantle |
k. seafloor spreading | process that forms new seafloor |
m. transform fault | place where plates slide past one another |