_______________ _______________ Plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes. 1912 __________________ proposes Continental Drift from matching fossils. ____________& Rock Correlations: Identical rock strata and plant/animal fossils span vast oceans. _________ _________ drag the brittle lithosphere floating directly above them. _______________ : The active border region where two separate tectonic plates meet and interact. _______________ ________________ Plates collide, forming mountains or subduction trenches. Formed over millions of _________by intense crustal compression when continental plates collide. Rapid releases of stored stress along boundaries that ___________ the ground in seconds. Continental Collisions Neither continental plate subducts. They smash _______________ forming mountains ______________ puzzle: Earth's outer skin is fractured into gigantic, rigid plates. Convection currents in the flowing ______________ Seafloor Spreading & Magnetic Stripes: Symmetrical magnetic bands prove new crust forms at ridges. V-shaped abyssal trenches formed where oceanic crust plunges down into the ____________________. Oceanic vs. continental Denser oceanic plate sinks under buoyant continent in ________________. Mid-Ocean Ridges: magma erupts & cools along underwater fractures, it forms brand-new oceanic floor. ________________ ______________ Plates pull apart, forming mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys. plates grind past one another horizontally along a fracture called a __________________ fault. Rift Valleys: When divergence splits a continent, deep tears & lakes form, such as the East African Rift System. Volcanic eruptions outline active zones like the Pacific ________ ___ _______. ____________ crust: Thin dense basalt rock that easily subducts. Earthquakes and volcanoes concentrate along narrow lines outlining major tectonic plates. ____________ ___________One plate is forced downwards beneath another into the mantle. ______________ crust: Thick buoyant granite rock that resists sinking. Formed when continental rifts widen over millions of years, filling with basaltic crust and water. _______________ _______________ Plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes. 1912 __________________ proposes Continental Drift from matching fossils. ____________& Rock Correlations: Identical rock strata and plant/animal fossils span vast oceans. _________ _________ drag the brittle lithosphere floating directly above them. _______________ : The active border region where two separate tectonic plates meet and interact. _______________ ________________ Plates collide, forming mountains or subduction trenches. Formed over millions of _________by intense crustal compression when continental plates collide. Rapid releases of stored stress along boundaries that ___________ the ground in seconds. Continental Collisions Neither continental plate subducts. They smash _______________ forming mountains ______________ puzzle: Earth's outer skin is fractured into gigantic, rigid plates. Convection currents in the flowing ______________ Seafloor Spreading & Magnetic Stripes: Symmetrical magnetic bands prove new crust forms at ridges. V-shaped abyssal trenches formed where oceanic crust plunges down into the ____________________. Oceanic vs. continental Denser oceanic plate sinks under buoyant continent in ________________. Mid-Ocean Ridges: magma erupts & cools along underwater fractures, it forms brand-new oceanic floor. ________________ ______________ Plates pull apart, forming mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys. plates grind past one another horizontally along a fracture called a __________________ fault. Rift Valleys: When divergence splits a continent, deep tears & lakes form, such as the East African Rift System. Volcanic eruptions outline active zones like the Pacific ________ ___ _______. ____________ crust: Thin dense basalt rock that easily subducts. Earthquakes and volcanoes concentrate along narrow lines outlining major tectonic plates. ____________ ___________One plate is forced downwards beneath another into the mantle. ______________ crust: Thick buoyant granite rock that resists sinking. Formed when continental rifts widen over millions of years, filling with basaltic crust and water.
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Plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes.
1912
__________________ proposes Continental Drift from matching fossils.
____________& Rock Correlations: Identical rock strata and plant/animal fossils span vast oceans.
_________ _________ drag the brittle lithosphere floating directly above them.
_______________ : The active border region where two separate tectonic plates meet and interact.
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________________
Plates collide, forming mountains or subduction trenches.
Formed over millions of _________by intense crustal compression when continental plates collide.
Rapid releases of stored stress along boundaries that ___________ the ground in seconds.
Continental Collisions
Neither continental plate subducts. They smash
_______________ forming mountains
______________ puzzle: Earth's outer skin is fractured into gigantic, rigid plates.
Convection currents in the flowing ______________
Seafloor Spreading & Magnetic Stripes: Symmetrical magnetic bands prove new crust forms at ridges.
V-shaped abyssal trenches formed where oceanic crust plunges down into the ____________________.
Oceanic vs. continental
Denser oceanic plate sinks under buoyant continent in ________________.
Mid-Ocean Ridges: magma erupts & cools along underwater fractures, it forms brand-new oceanic floor.
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Plates pull apart, forming mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.
plates grind past one another horizontally along a fracture called a __________________ fault.
Rift Valleys: When divergence splits a continent, deep tears & lakes form, such as the East African Rift System.
Volcanic eruptions outline active zones like the Pacific ________ ___ _______.
____________ crust: Thin dense basalt rock that easily subducts.
Earthquakes and volcanoes concentrate along narrow lines outlining major tectonic plates.
____________ ___________One plate is forced downwards beneath another into the mantle.
______________ crust: Thick buoyant granite rock that resists sinking.
Formed when continental rifts widen over millions of years, filling with basaltic crust and water.
