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