Earth's Changing Surface Quizziz

Exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

Landform created by two diverging continental plates

The formation of new areas of oceanic crust, which occurs through the upwelling of magma at midocean ridges and its subsequent outward movement on either side

Which of the following is NOT evidence Alfred Wegener used for continental drift.

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

Tectonic plates that slide past each

Land feature that forms when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate at a subduction zone

A place where two tectonic plates meet; may be divergent, convergent, or transform

Includes the crust and the uppermost mantle, which constitute the hard and rigid outer layer of the Earth; subdivided into plates