Relier Pairs Tectonic PlatesVersion en ligne Tectonic Plates par Tabitha Najera 1 divergent 2 plates 3 convection currents 4 earthquakes 5 plasticity 6 lithosphere 7 Tectonic Plates 8 ridge 9 convergent 10 transform 11 trench Large pieces of Earth’s crust that move due to convection currents A theory stating that the Earth's surface is broken into plates that move when plates shift and cause the Earth to shake a long crack between 2 plates a long, very steep ditch along the ocean floor the circulation of material in the mantle solids that act like liquids, semi-solids When two plates slide rigid layer broken into pieces called plates When 2 plates separate when two plates collide