https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g vocab. en-us 2018-03-29 17:24:32 UTC 2025-09-25 11:15:59 UTC hello@padlet.com 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247340650 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 17:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247340650 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247340928 the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.]]> 2018-03-29 17:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247340928 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247341364 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 17:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247341364 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247341536 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 17:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247341536 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247341750 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 17:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247341750 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247341975 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 17:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247341975 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247342427 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 17:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247342427 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247342609 Image result for TRANSFORM BOUNDARYstudy.com
Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other. At transform boundaries lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed. Many transform boundaries are found on the sea floor, where they connect segments of diverging mid-ocean ridges. California's San Andreas fault is a transform boundary.]]> 2018-03-29 17:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247342609 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247342792 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 17:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247342792 3045431 https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247343021 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 17:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3045431/fumi7uf1733g/wish/247343021