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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| continental drift | hypothesis that continents are on constant motion |
| mantle | middle layer of earth situated between the crust above and the core below |
| pangea | ancient supercontinent, composed of land that forms todayś continents |
| mid-ocean ridge | mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean |
| seafloor spreading | new oceanic crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away. |
| convection | circulation of material caused by differences in temperature and density |
| convergent plate boundary | where two plates collide |
| divergent plate boundary | where two plates separate |
| lithosphere | cold, rigid outermost rock layer of earth |
| plate tectonics | theory that earth's surface is made of rock plates that move with respct to each other |
| subduction | sinking of a denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary |
| transform plate boundary | where two plates slide by each other |