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Continental Drift |
The movement of the earths continents across the earths surface |
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Plate Tectonics |
Is a theory that the earths outer shell is divided I pod several plates |
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Pangaea |
Thsgdbe |
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Lithosphere Plates |
Regions of earths crust an upper mantle that are fractured into plates |
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Convection Currents |
A current with fluid that results in convection |
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Divergent Boundary |
A linear feature that exist between two tectonic plates |
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Seafloor Spreading |
Where new ocean crust is formed by valcanic activity |
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Convergent Boundary |
where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide
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Subduction Zones |
Sites of high rates of volcanism, earthquakes, and mountain building |
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Divergent Boundary |
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