CH. 3 VOCAB REVIEW GAME (AICE MARINE)

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A flat, sandy region of the ocean floor found between trenches and the continental rise.

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Abyssal Plain

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The process where one lithospheric plate slides below another at a convergent plate boundary.

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Subduction

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Having two opposite states of being on either end (such as North and South pole).

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Polarity

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A seismic sea wave created by an underwater earthquake or volcanic event.

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Tsunami

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An area where cold ocean water that has seeped into Earth’s crust is superheated by underlying magma and forced through vents in the ocean floor.

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Hydrothermal Vent

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The theory that explains the movement of the Earth's lithosphere on the more fluid asthenosphere beneath it.

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Plate Tectonics

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The boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, often resulting in new oceanic crust formation.

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Divergent Boundary

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The boundary where two tectonic plates collide, leading to subduction or mountain formation.

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Convergent Boundary

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The process by which tectonic plates move and interact, causing geological phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

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Plate Movement

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A deep, narrow valley formed at a subduction zone where one plate is forced under another.

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Trench