Plate Tectonics

It explains the movement of continents and the formation of mountains.

It describes the weather patterns on Earth.

It is only related to the study of oceans.

It focuses on the life cycle of plants.

Pangaea was a single landmass that split apart.

Continents drifted into their current positions.

Continents have always been in their current positions.

The theory explains the movement of tectonic plates.

African plate

Pacific plate

Eurasian plate

Caribbean plate

Convergent, Divergent, and Transform

Convergent, Divergent, and Subduction

Transform, Divergent, and Rift

Convergent, Rift, and Transform

Earthquakes

Volcanic activity

Crustal deformation

Ocean currents

Mountains

Trenches

Volcanoes

Island arcs

Island arc and trench

Mountain range

High plateau

Volcanic arc

Himalayan Mountains

Marianas Trench

Cascade Mountain Range

Island arc

The process by which oceanic crust sinks under a continental plate and back into the mantle

The process by which continental crust rises above oceanic crust

The formation of mountains due to plate collision

The creation of new oceanic crust at a divergent boundary

Plates move away from each other, creating gaps.

Plates collide and form mountains.

Plates slide past each other, causing earthquakes.

Plates remain stationary.

Rift valleys

Mid-ocean ridges

Fault blocks

Mountains

Transform boundary

Divergent boundary

Convergent boundary

Subduction zone

Alfred Wegener; Pangaea and Continental Drift Theory

Charles Darwin; Evolution and Natural Selection

Isaac Newton; Gravity and Motion

Marie Curie; Radioactivity and Atomic Theory