Description

The process by which earths crust breaks apart, can occur within continental crust or organic crust
The supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
The single, large ocean that covered earths surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed
The solid outer layer of earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle
The solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere
The solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere
The theory that explains large pieces of the lithosphere called plates move and change shape
A piece of lithosphere that has a unique geologic history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere such as a continent
Places where the sea floor is forced under continental plates
Section of the Earth below the crust
what is it called when all the continents come together
when two plates grind past each other
outer layer of the Earth, the thinnest layer
formed from cooling lava
__________ can be created or grow wider where plates diverge or pull apart.
At transform boundaries _______ can form.
When plates collide the plate that is __________ will subduct (go beneath the other).
When two continental plates collide large __________ will usually form.
When oceanic crust melts it can result in the formation of a __________.

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