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Plate Motion only 8th grade science final 2024 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| continent | any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America convergent |
| divergent | moving apart in different directions |
| eruption | the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano |
| lava | hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth |
| magma | hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth |
| mantle | the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates |
| mid-ocean ridge | an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart |
| plate | one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer |
| plate boundary | the place where two plates meet |
| trench | a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together |
| convergent | moving toward the same place |