OCE Unit 3 Flashcards

Front

Nebular Theory

Back

theory that the sun and the planets condensed out of a spinning cloud of gas and dust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Front

Convection

Back

The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Front

Divergent Boundary

Back

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Sea-Floor Spreading

Back

The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor at mid-ocean ridges

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

Rift Zone

Back

an area of deep cracks that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other - when under the ocean this will be located in the middle of the mid-ocean ridge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Back

An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is formed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Convergent Boundary

Back

the boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

Subduction

Back

The process occurring at convergent boundaries that destroys ocean crust when it sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Front

Ocean Trench

Back

Deep valley in the ocean floor that forms along a subduction zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

Volcanic Arc (Island Arc)

Back

a chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape