Unit 7 Mario Vocab Kart

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Theory of Plate Tectonics

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Explains how major landforms are created by Earth's subterranean.

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Continental Crust

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Layer of the earth that supports dry land

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Convergent Boundary

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A tectonic boundary where two plates move toward each other.

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Divergent Boundary

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A tectonic boundary where two plates move apart.

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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A continuous range of underwater volcanoes that wraps around the globe.

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Ocean Basin

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Any part of the earth covered by sea water

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Oceanic Crust

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Thin layer of the earth below the oceanic basin.

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Plate Boundary

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Boundary between two tectonic plates, moving horizontally or vertically in opposite directions.

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Subduction

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When two tectonic plates meet at convergent boundaries, and one moves under the other due to gravity and density differences.

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Transform Boundary

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Horizontal sliding of plates past each other