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Sci 8 - Plate Tectonics

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Convection Currentshow scientists believe plates are moved
Mountainsformed when two continental plates collide
Divergent Boundarythe boundary between two plates that are moving apart
Subduction Zonethe area where one plate moves under another plate
Asthenospherecontinental and oceanic plates float on this
Convergent Boundarythe boundary between plates that come together
Ridgeunderwater mountain range formed by two oceanic plates when they diverge
Pangaeaone huge supercontinent
Corecenter layer of the Earth
Lavamagma that flows onto the Earth
Densitymass divided by volume
Subductionwhen a plate goes into the Asthenosphere
Continental Driftthe hypothesis that Earth's continents move on Earth's surface


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