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Plate tech 2
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the theory that links together the ideas of continental drift and ocean-floor spreading and explains how the Earth has changed over time | Theory of Plate Tectonics |
| in plate tectonics, one of the moving irregularly shaped slabs that make up the Earth's lithosphere | Plate |
| the branch of geology that deals with the movements that shape the Earth's crust | Tectonics |
| the topmost solid part of the Earth which is composed of the crust and some of the mantle | Lithosphere |
| a plate boundary at which plates move apart (tensions) | Divergent Boundary |
| a plate boundary at which plates come together (compression) | Convergent Boundary |
| a plate boundary at which two plates slip past one another horizontally (shearing) | Strike-Slip Boundary |
| a movement of material caused by differences in temperature | Convection Current |