WorksheetsPlate Tectonic Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50secs
Ancient land mass where all continents were together
Pangea
North America
continental plate
continental drift
Movement of heated materials. Hotter materials rise. Cooler materials sink.
Convection Current
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Aesthenosphere
Area where one plate is pushing underneath another one.
subduction zone
divergent boundary
continental drift
Plate tectonics
Solid, outermost layer of the earth made of plates and continents
lithosphere
asthenosphere
core
Seafloor
Plates that are moving apart from each other
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
subduction zone
continental drift
The second, more fluid layer of the earth where plates "float"
asthenosphere
lithosphere
core
continental crust
The plates on the ocean floor are moving apart from each other
Seafloor spreading
ocean floor divergence
continental drift
Seafloor convergence
Earth's crust is made of large, solid pieces that move around on convection currents.
Plate Tectonic Theory
Continental Drift Theory
Survival of the Fittest Theory
Gene Theory
The continents were once all together but have slowly moved apart over time.
Continental Drift Theory
Plate Tectonic Theory
Seafloor Spreading
Convection Current
Plates that are running into each other.
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
Slip-slide boundary
mid-oceanic ridge
