Description

A long, undersea chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center and that creates new organic lithosphere as tectonic plates move apart.
The process by which earths crust breaks apart, can occur within continental crust or organic crust.
The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in rock, specifically as it relates to the reversal of earths magnetic poles.
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 process by which new organic lithosphere (sea floor) forms as magma rises to Earths surface and solidifies.
The single, large ocean that covered earths surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed.
The solid plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years.
The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.
The theory that explains large pieces of the lithosphere called plates move and change shape.
The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continent's which then drifted to their present location.
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.
The primary force that causes the seafloor to spread and continent's to drift.
Places where the sea floor is forced under continental plates.
Section of the Earth below the crust.
Source of heat in the mantle.
Scientist who first proposed that thermal convection in the mantle causes continental drift.
Places where new sea floor is being created.
Deepest part of the oceans.

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Plate Tectonics

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Tectonic plates

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