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Ch10: Plate tectonic

Holt McDougalnEarth Science

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Continental drift The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations.
Mid-ocean ridge Along, undersea mountain chain that has a steep, narrow valley at its center, that forms as magma rises from the asthenosphere, and that creates new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) as tectonic plates move apart.
sea-floor spreading The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth's surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridge.
paleomagnetism The study of the magnetic properties of rocks.
plate tectonics The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape.
lithosphere The solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle.
asthenosphere The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere.
divergent boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
convergent boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are colliding.
transform boundary The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
rifting The process by which Earth's crust breaks apart; can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust.
terrane A piece of lithosphere that has a unique geological history and that may be part of a larger piece of lithosphere, such as a continent.
supercontinent cycle The process by which supercontinents form and break apart over millions of years.
Pangaea The supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago and that began to break up 200 million years ago.
Panthalassa The single, large ocean that covered Earth's surface during the time the supercontinent Pangaea existed.
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