Vocab Words for Plate Tectonics Unit
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| Mid Ocean Ridges | undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced
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| Sea Floor Spreading | The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor
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| Deep Ocean Trench | A deep valley along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
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| Subduction | The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary
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| Divergent Boundary | A plate boundary where 2 plates move away from each other
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| Convergent Boundary | A plate boundary where 2 plates move toward each other
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| Transform Boundary | A plate boundary where 2 plates move past each other in opposite directions
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| Plate Tectonics | The theory that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by currents in the mantle
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