When plates slide past each other, they create ________________________.

When plates push together, they produce the force of ___________________.

Wegener supported his theory with evidence from rocks and _____________________________.

Alfred Wegener developed the theory of ________________________.

Later, scientists developed the theory of _______________________.

Compression force can push the ground at the boundary of plates upward, forming ____________ mountains.

The theory of continental drift states that Earth’s ______________ were once one landmass.

The model that states the Earth’s surface is composed of large rock plates that fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces is called ______________________________.

A scientist who studies Earth’s structure and history is called a(an) ____________________.

The theory that states that the continents were once one landmass and that they drifted to their present positions over many years is called _____________________________.

As hardened magma builds up on both sides of a plate boundary, a(an) _________________ forms at the center of a mid-ocean ridge.

Shear forces at a fault can form ________________________________.

A highland in the middle of the oceans that runs parallel to the continents is called a(an) ____________________________.

The force of compression can form ______________________ at the point where two plates push together.

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