Plate Tectonics vocab flashcardz

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Divergent Boundary

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A plant boundary where two plates move away from each other.

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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An under sea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent boundary under the ocean.

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Sea-floor spreading

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The process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.

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Subduction

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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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Transform Boundary

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A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions.

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Convergent Boundary

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A plate boundary where two plates collide or move towards each other.

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Ocean Trench

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A deep, underwater valley formed at a convergent boundary where one plate is forced under another.

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Plate Tectonics

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The theory that explains the movement of the Earth's plates and the processes that occur at their boundaries.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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Continental Drift

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The gradual movement of continents across the Earth's surface through geological time.

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Fault Line

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A fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock, which can cause earthquakes.

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