Tectonics Plate

A German scientist who first had the idea of continental drift.

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo

• Alfred Wegener

• Gladys West

The name of the supercontinent before they moved to where the continents are today. 

• Continental Drift

• Pangea

• Super Country

• United States of America

The boundary between two plates that pull apart from one another.

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

The boundary between two plates that collide with one another.

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

The boundary between two plates that slide past one another. 

• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Subversive Plate Boundary

When two plates collide and one plate slips below the other and down into the mantle. 

• Subduction
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Convection

What happens in a liquid or gas when the warmer parts rise and the cooler parts sink.

• Subduction
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Convection

A break in the rock created by pressure and movement in the rock. 

• Fault
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Ocean Trench
• Focus

The cooler, outer rocky shell of Earth.

• Inner Core
• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Core

Label the parts of the plate boundary

a

b

c

Subduction zone

Mountains

Continental crust