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| The Hypothesis that states that the Continents once formd a single landmass, broke, up, and drifted to their present locations. |
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| the process in which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies |
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| The theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape. |
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| The boundary formed by the collision of two lithosperic plates |
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| The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other |
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| the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally |
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| stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object |
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| stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object |
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| the bending of rock layers due to stress |
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| a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to anouther |
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| The rising of regions of the Earth's crust to higher elevations |
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| the sinking of regions of the Earths crust to lower elevations |
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