https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn Made with a dash of wit en-us 2018-03-29 19:05:14 UTC 2024-10-03 06:57:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247375907 a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.]]> 2018-03-29 19:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247375907 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247376351 the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.]]> 2018-03-29 19:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247376351 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247376903 the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.]]> 2018-03-29 19:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247376903 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247377042 The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, and part of the longest mountain range in the world]]> 2018-03-29 19:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247377042 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247377393 The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. In a 40,000 km (25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and plate movements.]]> 2018-03-29 19:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247377393 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247377464 In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary, is a region of active deformation where two or more tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere are near the end of their life cycle.]]> 2018-03-29 19:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247377464 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247377699 In plate tectonics, a divergent boundary or divergent plate boundary (also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary) is a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.]]> 2018-03-29 19:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247377699 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247378067 Transform Plate Boundaries are locations where two plates slide past one another. The fracture zone that forms a transform plate boundary is known as aa transform fault. Most transform faults are found in the ocean basin and connect offsets in the mid-ocean ridges.]]> 2018-03-29 19:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247378067 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247378375 the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.]]> 2018-03-29 19:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247378375 304800 https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247384556 In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.]]> 2018-03-29 19:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/304800/1zginjmu0rzn/wish/247384556