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Plate tectonics

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the theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past continental drift
the process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created at mid-ocean ridges as older materials are pulled away from the ridge sea-floor spreading
the theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere plate tectonics
the boundary between two colliding tectonic plates convergent boundary
the region where an oceanic plate sinks down into the asthenosphere at a convergent boundary, usually between continental and oceanic plates subduction zone
the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other divergent boundary
the boundary between two tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally transform boundary
a break in the Earth's crust along which two blocks of the crust slide relative to one another fault
the bending of rock layers due to stress in the Earth's crust folding
the type of stress that occurs when an object is squeezed compression
the type of stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object tension
the amount of force per unit area that is put on a given material stress
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