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Inside Earth Chapter 1 Sections 3/4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Continental Drift | A theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past. |
| Pangea | An extremely large landmass when all continents were connected together. |
| Fossil | The imprint or hardened remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago. |
| Deep-Ocean Trench | A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle. |
| Mid-Ocean Ridge | Giant undersea mountain range extending around the world like the seams of a baseball. |
| Sonar | A system that uses the reflection of underwater sound waves to detect objects. |
| Seafloor Spreading | The idea that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, moving very slowly in opposite directions. |
| Subduction | Process in which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary. |