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Inside Earth 1:4
Ch.1 Sec.4 Sea-Floor Spreading
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Deep ocean-trench | A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks towards the mantle. |
| mid ocean-ridge | Giant undersea mountain range extending around the world like the seams of a basketball |
| sonar | A system that uses the reflection of underwater sound waves to detect objects. |
| seafloor spreading | the idea of that the middle of the ocean is slowly 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 booundary. |