Unit 4: Energy Transfer in Natural Systems

continental drift theory

paleoglation

tectonic plates

mountain range

mid-ocean ridge

magnetometer

spreading ridge

sea floor spreading

plate tectonic theory

layers of the earth from inside to out

crust

2 types of crust

mantle

outer core

inner core

lithosphere
&
asthenosphere

mantle convection

ridge push

subduction

slab pull

plate boundary

divergent plate boundaries

convergence plate boundaries

oceanic-continental plate convergence
&
what is found there?

oceanic-oceanic plate convergence
&
what is found there?

continental-continental plate convergence &
what is found there?

transform plate boundary

focus

epicenter

3 types of waves

primary waves (p-waves)

surface waves (s-waves)

surface waves (l-waves)

seismometers or seismographs

seismogram

3 types of volcanoes

composite volcanoes

shield volcanoes

rift eruption