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The type of crust that is denser and most likely to sink back into the mantle during a collision
oceanic crust
The sinking of one plate under another plate
subduction
What event occurs frequently at transform boundaries?
earthquakes
When a divergent boundary happens on land its called this
Rift Valley
The biggest divergent plate boundary and where is it?
Mid ocean ridge, Middle of the Atlantic
What is created when two oceanic plates collide?
Volcanic Island Arc
What is caused when an oceanic plate and continental plate collide?
Volcanic Mountains
What is created when two continental plates collide?
Mountains
Plate boundary where plates are sliding past each other?
Transform boundary
Plate boundary where plates are coming together?
Convergent Boundary
Plate boundary where plates are moving apart from each other?
Divergent Boundary
What "drives" the plate movement in the Theory of Plate Tectonics
convection in the mantle, heat from the core
The theory that the earth's lithosphere is broken into plates that glide over the asthenosphere?
Theory of Plate Tectonics
What is the lithosphere?
the crust and upper part of the mantle
Name two pieces of evidence that support the Continental Drift Theory
fossil evidence, continental fit, glacial evidence, landforms and rock layers
What is the name of the German scientist who proposed the Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Wegener
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