Plate Tectonics

4. Partially melted rock is a major property of the_________.
7. Mountains are formed from the collision of two lithospheric plates that have the same.
8. Ridge ______________ is another name for a seafloor spreading center.
9. ___________ Is the driving force that causes plates to move.
10. Is a famous example of a Divergent boundary.
11. boundary Creates faults and moves in a sliding motion.
14. boundary creates seafloor spreading centers.
15. Ocean The Ring of Fire follows the border of which body of water?
16. of Fire largest active belt that surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
17. Flow measure of the amount of heat leaving the rocks of the lithosphere.

1. This person came up with the theory of Continental Drift
2. Crust What kind of crust is involved in the formation of major mountains?
3. The lithosphere and Asthenosphere belong here.
5. Andreas Fault ______________ In California is an example of a transform boundary.
6. Supercontinent that broke and drifted apart.
12. Center Area where lithospheric plates are moving apart.
13. Polarity Reversal Present north magnetic pole became the south magnetic pole and the present south magnetic pole became the north magnetic pole.
15. tectonics theory of the formation and movement of the rigid pieces, or plates, that cover earths surface.