Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
- continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy from one place to another.
- mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
- deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
- rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- oceanic crust-crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
- continental crust-crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
- continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy from one place to another.
- mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
- deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
- rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- oceanic crust-crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
- continental crust-crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
- continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy from one place to another.
- mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
- deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
- rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- oceanic crust-crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
- continental crust-crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
- continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy from one place to another.
- mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
- deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
- rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- oceanic crust-crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
- continental crust-crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
- continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy from one place to another.
- mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
- deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
- rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- oceanic crust-crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
- continental crust-crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
- continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
- convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy from one place to another.
- mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
- deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
- rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
- oceanic crust-crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
- continental crust-crust that forms the continents. (granite)