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| Theory that the contients have moved slowly to their current location. |
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| Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections.These sections, called plates,move on a layer of the mantle. |
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| By diverging (moving apart)at some boundaries and converging (moving together) at others, Earth's plates are contiually reshaping the landscape around you. |
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| The boundary between two plates moving apart. |
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| The boundary between plates moving together or towards eachother. |
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| The boundary where plates slide past one another.(Either in the same or opposite direction at different speeds.) |
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| Spreading, where oceanic plates seperate. As rising magma cools, it forms new oceanic crust. |
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| When continental plates pull apart. Ex: The African continent is seperating from the east African rift valley. |
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| Where two plates collide, they push up the crust to form mountain ranges such as the Himalayas |
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| (Subduction) Where oceanic and continental plates collide, the plates plunges beneath the less dense continental plate. |
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