Geologic Processes Vocabulary Review

What is the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other?

What is the layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface?

What is the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary?

What is a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle?

What is the theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle?

What is the layer of the Earth located beneath the crust?

What is the process by which new oceanic crust is created at divergent boundaries?

What type of boundary occurs when tectonic plates move away from each other?

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates caused by heat from the Earth's interior?

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