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Plate Motion
| Questions | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cross section | diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. |
| Outer layer | Earth's outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath. |
| Plate | One of the very large sections of hard, rock that make up Earth's outer layer. |
| Pattern | Something we observe to be similar over and over again. |
| Plate boundary | The place where two plates meet. |
| Earthquake | A sudden shaking in the Earth's surface. |
| Convergent | Moving toward the same place. |
| Divergent | Moving apart in different directions. |
| Mantle | The layer of soft, solid under then Earths plates. |
| Mid-ocean ridge | An underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart. |
| Trench | A long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together. |