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Plate Tectonics

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Pangeasupercontinent that existed millions of years ago
Mountain Rangeformed from a collision of 2 pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary
transform boundarytwo plates slide past each other
rift valleyforms at a divergent plate boundary
fossiltrace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock
Mid-ocean ridgeform longest mountain ranges on Earth
Alfred Wegenertheory of continental drift
subductioncooler, more dense crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench
convection currentcauses movement of Earth's plates
divergent boundarywhere two plates pull apart
convergent boundaryplace where two plates come together
plate tectonicstheory that says Earth's lithosphere is in constant motion


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