The Formation of the Ocean

A pseudoscience that claims positions and movements of the celestial bodies have an influence on the people. Astrology is a belief system that suggests the positions of stars and planets can affect human lives.

A process by which material is added to a tectonic plate at a subduction zone. Continental accretion. It's when landmasses grow by the addition of material scraped off a subducting plate.

A seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics. great global rift. The great global rift is a series of underwater mountain ranges created by tectonic plates pulling apart.

A plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an underwater mountain range where tectonic plates are moving apart, causing volcanic activity.

A fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal. Transform faults. Transform faults are places where tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.