T8L1* - Ocean Floor & Plate Tectonics Flashcard

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What is the mid-ocean ridge?

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A mountain range on the ocean floor

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Sea-floor spreading happens when…

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New rock forms on the ocean floor

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Subduction

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When ocean crust sinks under another plate

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An ocean trench is...

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A deep valley under the ocean

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A hypothesis is...

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A testable idea based on facts

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How do fossils show that continents moved?

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The same fossils are found on different continents

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How does climate show that land has moved?

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Ice once covered places that are now warm

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How do land features help show how plates move?

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Some mountains on different continents fit together

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Why does the sea floor keep changing?

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Magma rises and makes new rock

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What happens to old ocean crust?

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It sinks into ocean trenches and melts