Plates Boundaries & Layers

Front

What are the remains of organisms noticed by Wegener that are found the same in two continents?

Back

Plants and animals

Front

What is the term for plates that are moving apart from each other?

Back

Diverging plates

Front

What is the boundary called where two plates move past each other horizontally?

Back

Transform Boundary

Front

What landform is created when a continent starts to get torn apart?

Back

Rift Valley

Front

What is the outermost, rigid layer of the earth called?

Back

Lithosphere

Front

What is the process called when one tectonic plate moves under another?

Back

Subduction

Front

What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates collide?

Back

Convergent Boundary

Front

What geological feature is formed at a divergent boundary in the ocean?

Back

Mid-ocean Ridge

Front

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago?

Back

Pangaea

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate tectonics