https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3 Made with serendipity en-us 2018-03-29 17:17:09 UTC 2026-02-03 05:08:10 UTC hello@padlet.com 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247338592 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 17:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247338592 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247338694 The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.]]> 2018-03-29 17:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247338694 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247338769 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 17:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247338769 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247338912 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 17:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247338912 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247339175 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 17:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247339175 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247339230 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 17:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247339230 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247340029 Divergent plate boundary in Science. divergent plate boundary. (dĭ-vûr'jənt) A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma that rises to the Earth's surface between the two plates.]]> 2018-03-29 17:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247340029 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247340189 Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other. At transform boundarieslithosphere is neither created nor destroyed. Manytransform 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 17:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247340189 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247340289 An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.]]> 2018-03-29 17:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247340289 304816 https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247340556 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 17:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/304816/l60ix6t8vqr3/wish/247340556