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Plate Tectonics

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Alfred Wegner's theory that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface to their current locations.   CONTINENTAL DRIFT  
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Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into sections that continents and ocean floors are carried on.   PLATES  
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Two plates SLIP past each other (earthquakes can occur).   TRANSFORM BOUNDARY  
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An underwater mountain chain that extends into all of the oceans on Earth.   MID-OCEAN RIDGE  
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Solid layer of Earth made of the crust and part of the upper mantle.   LITHOSPHERE  
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The plates of the lithosphere float and move around on the _____________, which is made of solid rock that flows like a thick liquid.   ASTHENOSPHERE  
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Old crust is pushed downward and sinks in the mantle.   SUBDUCTION  
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Deep crack running down the center of the Mid-Atlantic ridge.   RIFT VALLEY  
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Process that slowly adds new rock to the ocean floors.   SEA-FLOOR SPREADING  
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The movement of a gas or liquid caused by differences in temperature.   CONVECTION CURRENTS  
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Two plates move APART (rift valley and mid-ocean ridges form).   DIVERGENT BOUNDARY  
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All the continents that were once joined together in a supercontinent, meaning "all lands".   PANGAEA  
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Two plates COME TOGETHER or COLLIDE (volcanic mountain and deep-ocean trenches form).   CONVERGENT BOUNDARY  
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A device that scientists used to map the ocean floor.   SONAR  
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