Unit 2

North and south poles are aligned as they are now

Continents move around on earths surface and they were once joined together as one super continent.

North and south poles are in opposite position

Two plates move towards each other

Two plates move away from each other

Two plates slip past each other.

Supercontinent. All the continents in one land mass

Heats transferred through rapid collisions of atoms, which can only happen if material is solid.

If material is able to move, even if it moves slowly, convection can occur. Transfer of heat.

Earths outer surface. Very thin, relative to the radius of the planet.

Reveal the features of the ocean floor as if water was taken away

Point of earths surface directly above the place where the earthquake happens.

Outermost mechanical layer, behaves as a brittle rigid solid

Continental crust rises higher in the mantle than oceanic crust, which sinks into the mantle.

Blocks of rocks on one or both sided of a fracture move