https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy en-us 2018-03-29 16:23:04 UTC 2024-12-05 13:25:34 UTC hello@padlet.com 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318110 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 16:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318110 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318190 The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.]]> 2018-03-29 16:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318190 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318350 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 16:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318350 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318426 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 16:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318426 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318562 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 16:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318562 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318731 convergent plate boundary. (kən-vûr'jənt) A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other. ]]> 2018-03-29 16:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247318731 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247319232 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 16:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247319232 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247319325 Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other. ]]> 2018-03-29 16:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247319325 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247319408 In geology, a place where sections of the crust of the Earth move relative to each other. (See earthquake and San Andreas fault.) Note: Faults tend to occur near the edges of tectonic plates.

]]> 2018-03-29 16:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247319408 303928 https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247319461 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 16:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/303928/vynqfcwb3uuy/wish/247319461