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Brendan - Rock Cycle
Rock Cycle and plate tectonics
| Vocabulary | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ring of Fire | A string of volcanoes ad sites of seismic activity or earthquakes around the edges of the Pacific Ocean. |
| Ocean Trench | Long Narrow depression on the sea floor. These channels are the deepest part of the ocean and Earth. |
| Sea Floor Spreading | the process of divergent plate boundaries where two tectonic plates slowly separate and molten material rises up from within the mantle to fill up the opening. |
| Mid-Ocean Ridge | An undersea volcanic mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at divergent plate boundary. |
| Weathering | The process of breaking down rock on Earth's surface |
| Mechanical Weathering | the process which rock broken down into smaller pieces physically |
| Chemical Weathering | Chemical changes cause the breaking down of the rocks |