https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e Made with joy en-us 2018-03-29 18:11:41 UTC 2025-11-06 03:49:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247359373 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 18:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247359373 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247359468 the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.]]> 2018-03-29 18:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247359468 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247359947 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 18:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247359947 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360107 The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) 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 18:15:39 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360107 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360227 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 18:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360227 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360289 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 18:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360289 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360430 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 18:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360430 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360628 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 seafloor, where they connect segments of diverging mid-ocean ridges. California's San Andreas fault is a transform boundary.]]> 2018-03-29 18:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360628 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360719 an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.]]> 2018-03-29 18:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360719 3049181 https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360760 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 18:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3049181/tw3b3renpc6e/wish/247360760