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