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plate motion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CROSS SECTION | a diagram that shows what's inside something that looks like. |
| OUTER LAYER | Earth's outermost layer of hard solid rock that is underneath the soil,vegetation, and water. |
| PLATE | one of the very large sections of hard solid 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 places meet. |
| EARTHQUAKE | a sudden shaking of the earth's surface. |
| Mantle | the layer of soft solid rock underneath earth's plates. |
| Convergent | moving toward the same place. |
| divergent | moving apart in different directions. |
| 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. |
| Volcanic activity | any of the many processes [such as eruptions and lava flows] in Which gas, lava, and ash are pushed out on the surface of earth. |
| Analyze | to examine in detail for a purpose. |