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science chap. 3
plate tectonics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| continental drift | The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earths surface. |
| Pangea | The name of the single landmass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents |
| fossil | The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. |
| mid-ocean ridge | An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary. |
| deep-ocean trench | A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle. |
| sea-floor spreading | |
| subduction |