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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 suprtcontinent,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-ocean ridge as old oceanic crust moves away |
| convection | circulat ion of material caused by differences in temperature and density |
| convergent plat boundary | where two plates collide |
| divergent plate boundray | where two plates separate |
| lithosphere | cold, rigid outermost rock layer on earth |
| plastic tectionics | 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 plates boundary |
| transform plate boundary | where two plates slide by eachother |