Plate Tectonics + Continental Drift

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

When tectonic plates slide against each other causing the earth to move.

Pangea

Earthquakes

Mountains are probably located near the edge of 2 tectonic plates.

The theory that the Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle.

The gradual movement of continents across the Earth's surface through geological time.

Large pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

A fracture in the Earth's crust where blocks of land have moved past each other.

A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.