Convergent Boundary:
A major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.
A major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.
Divergent Boundary:
Places where plates are coming apart.
Places where plates are coming apart.
Transform Boundary:
Places where plates slide past each other.
Places where plates slide past each other.
Convection Currents:
The transfer of heat by the mass movement of heated particles into an area of cooler fluid.
The transfer of heat by the mass movement of heated particles into an area of cooler fluid.
Oceanic Crust:
The relatively thin part of the earth’s crust that underlies the ocean basins.
The relatively thin part of the earth’s crust that underlies the ocean basins.
Continental Crust:
The layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents.
The layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents.