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Plate Tectonics

10 Matching Plate Tectonic terms

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asthenosphereplastic-like layer below the lithosphere
continental drift theoryproposed in 1912 before the theory of Plate Tectonics
convection currentcreated by warm matter rising and cooler matter sinking
convergent boundarywhere two plates are colliding
divergent boundarywhere two plates are separating
Alfred Wegenerperson who proposed the Continental Drift Theory
Pangaeaproposed land mass millions of years ago
plateslarge sections of the lithosphere which move
seafloor spreadingcreates new crust in the ocean
transform faultplace where plates slide past one another


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