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