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crust
outermost layer of
earth
mantle
layer between core
and crust,
core
interior of earth
tectonic plate
piece of lithosphere that move
around on top of
asthenosphere
continental drift
Alfred Wegener's hypothesis thatcontinents
once formed a single landmass, broke up,
and drifted to their present locations
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sea-floor spreading
process by which new
oceanic lithosphere forms as
magma rises to the surface
and solidifies
mid-ocean ridge
underwater mountain chain
where sea floor spreading is
occuring
plate tectonics
theory that the Earth's lithosphere is divided
into tectonic platesthat move on top of the
asthenosphere
convergent boundary
where two tectonic
plates collide
divergent boundary
where two tectonic
plates serparate
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transform boundary
Where two tectonic plates
slide past one another
Continental Continental
Convergent
Forms a mountain
chain
Continental - Oceanic
Convergent
Subduction to form a
trench
Oceanic Oceanic
Convergent
Subduction results in
trench formation
Oceanic Oceanic
Divergent
Mid Ocean Ridge
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