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objective 9
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| continental drift | hypothesis that continents are in constant motion |
| mantle | middle layer of earth situted between the crust above and the core below |
| pangaea | ancient supercontineet composed of land that forms todays continents |
| mid ocean ridge | mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the oceon |
| seafloor spreading | new oceanicc crust forms at a mid ocean ridges as old oceanic crust moves away |
| convection | circulation of material caused by differences in temperatures and density |
| convergent plate boundary s | where two plates collide |
| lithosphere | cold,ridge 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 denser plate below a more buoyant plate at a convergent plate boundary |
| transform plate boundary | where two plates slide by each other |