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Ch. 1 Sec. 4
Sea Floor Spreading
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Sea-floor spreading | The idea that the middle of the ocean is spreading apart, moving very slowly in opposite directions. |
| Deep-ocean trench | A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle. |
| Subduction | Process in which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent boundary. |