chapter 7

4. juan de fuco plate philippine plate caribbean plate scotia plate arabian plate and cocos plate
5. Euraisan plate north american plate south america plate pacific plate african plate austrillian plate antarctic plate and Indian plate
8. a layer of solid rock that surrounds the Earths surface
9. topmost layer of the Earth made up of the crust and the solid portion of the upper mantle
10. the thick layer that surrounds the core and is made up of hot but mostly solid material
12. caused by the very hot material at the deepest part of the mantle rising then cooling sinking again and then heating rising and repeating the cycle over and over
13. occurs when two plates slide past each other
14. thick plates made up of andesite and granite that form the continents and are less dense than oceanic plates
16. the super continent

1. occurs when two plates move towards each other and collide
2. scientific theory explaining how the plates move on the Earth
3. occurs when two plates move away from each other
6. Earths surface is broken into large pieces that move over the asthenosphere
7. a sphere of hot solid metal
11. liquid metal that surrounds the inner core
15. where the plates of the lithosphere float or slide a top a thin semi solid layer in the uppermantle