Relier Pairs Matching: Plate Tectonics IntrVersion en ligne Matching of vocabulary...plate tectonics intro par Benjamin D Morgan 1 Mid Ocean Ridge or Ridge 2 Theory 3 Convergent Boundary 4 Divergent Boundary 5 Convection Currents 6 Scientific Law 7 Theory of Plate Tectonics 8 Plate or Tectonic Plate 9 Plate Boundary 10 Earthquakes 11 Transform Fault Boundary Theory that the Earth is cracked into sections that move due to the convection currents under them An explanation that has been tested and supported by a significant amount of data from the scientific community Causes the plates or tectonic plates to move A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions Two plates that move in opposite directions from one another Underwater volcano located at a crack in the Earth's lithosphere Where two plates or tectonic plates meet. The crack in the Earth Two plates that collide into one another The giant cracked sections of Earth's lithosphere Two plates that slide past one another Caused by two plates sliding past one another, getting stuck, building pressure, and breaking