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objective 9
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| continental drift | hypothesis that continents are in constant motion |
| mantle | middle layer of Earth situated between the crust above and the core below |
| pangaea | ancient supercontinent, composed of land that forms today's continents |
| mid-ocean-ridge | mountain range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean |
| sea floor spreading | new oceanic crust forms at a mid-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away |
| convenction | circulation of material caused by diffrences in temputure and density |
| divergent plate boundary | whare two plates seperate |
| 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 |