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plate movement
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| stress | a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume |
| crust | he layer of rock that's forms Earth's outer core |
| convergent boundary | a plate boundary where two plates move toward each other |
| inner core | a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the earth |
| ocean trench | a undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts in the ocean |
| mantle | the layer of hot , solid material between Earth's crust and core |
| sea-floor spreading | the process by which molten materials adds new oceanic crust to thee ocean floor |
| subduction | the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary |
| divergent boundary | a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other |
| lithosphere | |
| latitude | |
| transform boundary | a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions |
| oceanic ridge | a divergent plate under the ocean |
| tectonic plate | |
| longitude | |
| elastcity | |
| fracture | |
| plate boundary | |
| strain | |
| continental crust | |
| oceanic crust | |
| friction | |
| rift valley | |
| outer core | a layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the earth |
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