Unit 5 Vocab

the hypothesis that the Earth’s continents were once one large landmass and have moved over geologic time relative to each other

• Law of Superposition

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift Theory

• Fossil

1. plate boundaries where the plates are moving toward each other

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction Zone

plate boundaries where the plates are moving away from each other

• Convergent boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction Zone

the impression of prehistoric organism preserved in rock

• plate tectonic

• Law of Superposition

• Fossil

• Convergent Boundary

1. Earth’s surface is broken into large pieces called plates that are constantly moving and changing at a very slow rate

• plate tectonics

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• subduction zone

each rock layer is older than the one above it

• continental drift theory

• subduction zone

• fossil

• law of superposition

plate boundaries where the plates are moving past each other in different directions

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• subduction zone

a feature where two tectonic plates collide and one plate is forced beneath the other

• convergent boundary

• divergent boundary

• transform boundary

• subduction zone