• Continental Drift
• The theory by Alfred Wegener
that continents can drift apart
form one another and have done
so in the past.
Vocabulary
• convergent boundary
• The area where two
tectonic plates push
into one another.
Vocabulary
• convergent boundary
• The area where two
tectonic plates push
into one another.
Vocabulary
• divergent boundaries
• The area where two
tectonic plates move
away from one
another.
Vocabulary
• divergent boundaries
• The area where two
tectonic plates move
away from one
another.
Vocabulary
• transform boundaries
• The area where two
tectonic plates slide
past each other
horizontally.
Vocabulary
• transform boundaries
• The area where two
tectonic plates slide
past each other
horizontally.
• http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/te
rc/content/visualizations/es0804/es0804page01.cf
m?chapter_no=visualization
Vocabulary
• constructive forces
• Forces that build up, or
add to the surface of the
Earth.
Vocabulary
• deconstructive forces • Forces that wear down, or
take away material from
the surface of the Earth.