Plate Tectonics by Katie Spina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics (17 Terms) en-us 2017-05-25 12:39:17 UTC 2017-06-01 12:41:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png Convection Currents katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173807815 The movement of fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.]]> 2017-05-25 12:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173807815 Continental Drift katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173807868 A theory that proposed that the continents were once all joined together in a single landmass and had since drifted apart. ]]> 2017-05-25 12:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173807868 Glacial Striation katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173807989 Scratches or gouges cut into bedrock.

]]> 2017-05-25 12:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173807989 Mid-Ocean Ridge katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808036 The undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.]]> 2017-05-25 12:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808036 Sea-Floor Spreading katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808078 The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.]]> 2017-05-25 12:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808078 Deep-Ocean Trench katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808110 A deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the ocean floor. ]]> 2017-05-25 12:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808110 Subduction katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808191 The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.]]> 2017-05-25 12:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808191 Plates katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808207 A section of the Lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust.]]> 2017-05-25 12:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808207 Scientific Theory katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808239 A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.]]> 2017-05-25 12:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808239 Plate Tectonics katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808262 The theory that piece’s of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.]]> 2017-05-25 12:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808262 Faults katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808340 A break in the Earth’s crust where slabs of rock slip past each other. ]]> 2017-05-25 12:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808340 Transform Boundaries katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808404 A plate Boundary where two plates move past each other in the opposite directions. ]]> 2017-05-25 12:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808404 Convergent Boundaries katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808492 A plate boundary were two plates move towards each other.]]> 2017-05-25 12:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808492 Rift Valley katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808549 A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.]]> 2017-05-25 12:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808549 Alfred Wegner katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808584 A German Scientist who originally started off as a meteorologist (weather).

]]> 2017-05-25 12:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808584 Harry Hess katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808622 Harry Hess was the scientist who helped to discover the process of seafloor spreading.

]]> 2017-05-25 12:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808622 Divergent Boundaries katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808774 When two plates move away from each other.]]> 2017-05-25 12:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/173808774 Oceanic Plate​ ​to Oceanic Plate (Divergent) katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/174799078 What Happens?
Oceanic plates move apart, new magma rises from the mantle to fill in the gap.
Results:
- Mid-Ocean Ridge
- New Seafloor is Created
- Old Seafloor is pushed to the side
- Small Earthquakes
Location Examples:
- Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- East Pacific Rise

]]> 2017-06-01 12:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/174799078 Continental Plate to Continental Plate (Divergent) katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/174799804 What Happens?
A continental plate spreads in two different directions, collapsing the central rift.
Results:
- As the continent spreads apart, the middle will get thinner forming a rift valley.
- The rift valley will slowly fill in with water, eventually creating a new ocean.
- Earthquakes
Location Examples:
- East African Rift Valley
]]> 2017-06-01 12:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/174799804 Oceanic Plate to Continental Plate (Convergent) katiespina https://padlet.com/katiespina/Plate_Tectonics/wish/174800187 What Happens?
The more dense oceanic plate sinks beneath the less dense, continental plate.
Results:
- An offshore trench forms
- Seafloor is destroyed as it sinks back down into the mantle.
- The subducting oceanic plates melts and magma rises to form coastal volcanoes/volcanic mountains.
- Earthquakes
Location Examples:
- Western coast of South America
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