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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pangaea | all the continents were once apart of a supercontinent |
| continental drift | suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of the earth |
| mid ocean ridge | the mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans |
| seafloor spreading | the process by which new oceananic crust forms along a mid ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge |
| plate tectonics | earths surface is made of ridge slabs of rock, or plates that move with respect to eachother |
| lithosphere | the cold and rigid outermost layer |
| divergent plate boundary | forms where two plates seperate |
| transform plate boundary | forms where two plates slide past eachother |
| convergent plate boundary | forms where two plates collide |
| subduction | the dinser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process |
| convection | the circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density f |