Download Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11

Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
1. continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
2. convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy
from one place to another.
3. mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
4. deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
5. rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
6. oceanic crust- crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
7. continental crust- crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
1. continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
2. convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy
from one place to another.
3. mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
4. deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
5. rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
6. oceanic crust- crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
7. continental crust- crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
1. continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
2. convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy
from one place to another.
3. mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
4. deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
5. rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
6. oceanic crust- crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
7. continental crust- crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
1. continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
2. convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy
from one place to another.
3. mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
4. deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
5. rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
6. oceanic crust- crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
7. continental crust- crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
1. continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
2. convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy
from one place to another.
3. mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
4. deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
5. rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
6. oceanic crust- crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
7. continental crust- crust that forms the continents. (granite)
Vocabulary Quiz #26 4/4/11- 4/8/11
1. continental drift- the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface.
2. convection currents- the movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers thermal energy
from one place to another.
3. mid-ocean ridge- the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.
4. deep ocean trench- a deep valley along the ocean floor through which oceanic crust slowly sink toward the mantle.
5. rift valley- a deep valley that forms where two plates move apart.
6. oceanic crust- crust beneath the ocean. (basalt)
7. continental crust- crust that forms the continents. (granite)