The movement of continental masses as a result of seafloor spreading.

New earth crust formed when magma erupting from midocean ridges cools.

A long mountain range that froms along cracks on the ocean floor

Region of the ocean floor where old crust sinks to the earth's core and is recycled.

Theory stating that the movement of continental masses is the result of the movement of the plates on which they rest.

Fault occurring in regions where parallel, lithospheric plates slide past each other.

A region where the lithosphere splits, separates, and moves apart as new crust is formed.

The physical features of the sea floor

The transition between the continental shelf and the continental slope is called

The oceanic crust is primarily comprised of:

Pangaea, the name given to the supercontinent that existed before the continental drift was coined by:

Of the four main ocean basins, the largest is the:

Seafloor spreading results in:

A region where old oceanic crust is being driven under another oceanic plate is called:

A __________ is a body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean and is more or less landlocked.

A smaller body of water that is mostly cut off from the larger ocean or sea by land formations is a ____________.

A region of the ocean floor where the boundaries of lithospheric plates move apart is called a _______________ plate boundary.

A region of the ocean floor where the boundaries of the lithospheric plates move toward each other is called a ______________ plate boundary.

A flat expanse of an ocean basin is called an ____________ _____________.

Movement of the lithospheric plates is driven by ______________ currents.

A gentle slope at the base of a steep continental slope is called a continental _________.

Which is not a type of plate boundary?

True of False:

The divergent plate boundaries move away from each other.

True of False:

The convergent plate boundaries move away from each other.

True of False:

The transform plate boundaries slide past each other.

Which is the first type of convergent plate boundaries? (Type I)

Which is the second type of convergent plate boundaries? (Type II)

Which is the third type of convergent plate boundaries? (Type III)