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Flora - Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Study Guide Stack

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the proposed supercontinent that broke apart and formed the present landmasses   show
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show divergent boundary  
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show magnetometer  
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show convergent boundary  
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show subduction zone  
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show continental drift  
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a boundary in which two plates slide past one another without creating or destroying lithosophere   show
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the rigid, outer layer of Earth that is composed of the crust and upper part of the mantle   show
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the theory that Earth’s crust and upper mantle (lithosphere) are broken into sections (plates) that slowly move and interact with each other at their boundaries   show
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the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges   show
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show convection current  
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the weak plasticlike layer of the mantle that is below the lithosphere   show
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a deep faulted structure found along a divergent plate boundary on the seafloor or on land   show
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a surface feature on the seafloor produced by the descending plate during subduction   show
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