https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal en-us 2018-03-29 15:20:17 UTC 2025-10-31 03:24:39 UTC hello@padlet.com 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247290782 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 15:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247290782 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247291498 Continental Drift is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.]]> 2018-03-29 15:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247291498 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247292300 Subduction is 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 15:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247292300 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247293061 Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate or constructive plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.]]> 2018-03-29 15:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247293061 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247293976 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.]]> 2018-03-29 15:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247293976 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247294466 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 15:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247294466 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247295507 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 15:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247295507 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247295955 Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other. At transform boundaries lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed.]]> 2018-03-29 15:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247295955 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247296414 Fault is an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.]]> 2018-03-29 15:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247296414 3039411 https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247297151 Asthenosphere is 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 15:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3039411/62xufvryvoal/wish/247297151