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crust Earth's outer layer
mantle the layer of Earth's beneath the crust
outer core the liquid layer of Earth's interior
inner core a dense sphere of solid iron
latitude the distance north or south
longtitude the distance east or west
oceanic ridge a mountain like landform that develops when tectonic plates move apart
sea florspreading a process by which new seafloor is formed from the magma rising from Earth's diverging oceanic plates
divergent boundary location where two tectonic plates meet and are moving away from each other
convergent boundary location where two tectonic plates meet and are moving towards each other
transform boundary a plate boundary where two plates moves past each other in the opposite direction
subduction the process by which by oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean
ocean trench an undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean
tectonic plates a piece of Earth's crust that according to plate tectonics is pushed by movement I the atmosphere
lithosphere the cool, solid outer shell of earth
fracture the breakage of a rock into two or more pieces
elasticcity the ability of rock to be stretched and then return to its original state
stress the amount of force being applied to a rock
strain change in volume , size or shape that results from stress
plate boundary a place where where pieces of the broken lithosphere
continental crust crust that contains mostly land
oceanic crust crust that lies beneath the ocean
friction a force that opposes the motion of objects
rift valley
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