https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2018-03-29 15:24:41 UTC 2025-03-19 00:42:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247293129 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 15:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247293129 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247293984 the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.]]> 2018-03-29 15:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247293984 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247294925 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 15:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247294925 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247295432 he 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 15:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247295432 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247296070 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 15:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247296070 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247297003 convergent plate boundary. (kən-vûr'jənt) A tectonicboundary 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 15:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247297003 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247297620 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 15:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247297620 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247298375 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 15:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247298375 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247298952 an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.]]> 2018-03-29 15:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247298952 304907 https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247299433 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 15:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/304907/sx8f4h6zmhnl/wish/247299433