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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| continental drift | continents in constant motion |
| mantle | layer of Earth's between the crust and core |
| pangea | super continent |
| mid ocean ridge | mountain range on seafloor in middle of ocean |
| sea floor spreading | new oceanic crust forms as old one moves away. |
| convection | circulation of material caused by different temperature |
| convergent plate boundary | plates collide |
| divergent plate boundary | plates seperate |
| lithosphere | outermost layer of the earth |
| plate tectonics | theory that Earth's crust is made of rock plates |
| subduction | sinking of denser plate |
| transform plate boundary | twoo plates slide by each other |