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Plate Tectonics
Semester Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pangaea | All the continents were once part of a supercontinet |
| 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 ocean |
| Seafloor spacing | The process by which new oceanic 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 ricks, or plates, that move with respect to each other |
| Lithosphere | The cold and rigid outermost layer |
| Divergent plate boundary | Forms where two plates separate |
| Transform plate boundary | Forms where two plates slide past each other |
| Convergent plate boundary | Form where two plates collide |
| sub duction | The denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate in a process |
| convection | The circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density |