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