Plate Tectonics

3. the transfer of heat due to the movement of fluid from high temperature to low temperature. The heat is transferred from one place to another when the heated particles of fluid begin to flow.
4. concentrated areas of winds that move because of the heat that comes from the sun.
7. is the process of mountain formation
8. the most stable and the oldest part of the continental crust. These are found deep in the interior of most continents and are composed of ancient crystalline basement rock.
11. regions where two tectonic plates meet, and one plate is pushed beneath the other.
12. the transfer of heat through matter: solid, liquid, and gas, where the heated particles of an object transfer heat to other particles through direct contact
13. This happens when energy moves form a warmer object to a cooler object.

1. An irregularly shaped huge slab of solid rock that is moving in different directions.
2. An area on Earth where tectonic plates collide with each other
5. The gradual movement of the continents where they began to break into pieces and move away from each other about 200 million years ago.
6. A supercontinent that existed about 200 million years ago.
8. transfer heat from one place to another by the movement of a fluid like water or even molten rocks
9. A soft and fluid layer found below the lithosphere where tectonic plates lie.
10. the transfer of energy through empty space, where there is no direct contact between a heat source and an object. An example is the heating of the Earth from the sun.