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