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Objective 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| continental drift | hypothesis that continents ate in constant motion. |
| mantle | middle layers of earth situated between the crust above and the core below. |
| pangaea | ancient supercontinents,composed of land that forms today's 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-rindge 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 respect 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. |