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plate motion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Outer layer | Earths outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water. |
| Cross section | A diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like. |
| Plate | One of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that makes up Earth's outer layer |
| Pattern | something we observe to be similar over and over again |
| plate boundary | the place where two plates meet |
| earth quake | a sudden shaking of Earth's surface. |
| mantel | the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earths plants |
| convergent | moving towards 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 |