plate tectonics by Angel Jimenez https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt Made with joy en-us 2018-03-29 19:02:13 UTC 2025-11-21 12:48:39 UTC hello@padlet.com plate tectonics 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247375138 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 19:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247375138 continental Drift 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247375594 the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.]]> 2018-03-29 19:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247375594 subduction 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247375914 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 19:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247375914 mid- atlantic Ridge 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247376261  a north-south suboceanic ridge in the Atlantic Ocean from Iceland to Antarctica on whose crest are several groups of islands; shown by plate tectonics to be the axis along which North America has split away from Eurasia, and along which South America has split away from Africa.]]> 2018-03-29 19:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247376261 ring of fire 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247376805
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 19:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247376805 convergent boundary 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247377449 convergent plate boundary. (kən-vûr'jənt) A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. If the two plates are of equal density, they usually push up against each other, forming a mountain chain. If they are of unequal density, one plate usually sinks beneath the other in a subduction zone.]]> 2018-03-29 19:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247377449 Divergent boundary 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247377780 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 19:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247377780 transform boundary 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247378156 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 19:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247378156 fault 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247378569 an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.]]> 2018-03-29 19:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247378569 asthenospherer 3051611 https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247378913 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 19:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3051611/p3870699s2jt/wish/247378913