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Plate Tectonics

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The man who came up with the continental drift hypothesis Alfred Wegener
The man who came up with the idea of seafloor spreading Harry Hess
Hot material rises and cool material sinks in a circular pattern convection cell
Mechanism for moving continents. The formation of new seafloor at spreading ridges pushes lithospheric plates on the Earth’s surface. seafloor spreading
Point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of the earthquake epicenter
Slab of Earth’s lithosphere that can move around on the planet’s surface plate
Equipment that measures seismic waves and other ground motions. seismometer
Location at which two plates come together plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary within a continent. This will create two continents continental refiting
Location where two lithospheric plates are spreading apart divergent plate boundary
Earthquake fault; one plate slides past another. transform fault
Plate boundary where two plates slide past one another. transform plate boundary
Line of volcanoes on a continental plate; the volcanoes are on a continent above a subducting oceanic plate. continental arc
Location where two lithospheric plates come together. convergent plate boundary
Line of volcanoes on an oceanic plate; the volcanoes are above a subducting oceanic plate and near a deep sea trench. island arc
Sinking of one lithospheric plate beneath another. subduction
Area where two lithospheric plates come together and one sinks beneath the other. subduction zone
Location where two lithospheric plates come together. convergent plate boundary
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