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ES Ch 10 Plate Tectonics

10 Matching Plate Tectonic terms

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a. asthenosphereplastic-like layer below the lithosphere
b. continental driftidea that continents moved to their current positions on Earth by plowing through the ocean floor
c. convection currentmotion underlying plate tectonics
d. convergent boundaryboundary at which plates collide
e. divergent boundaryboundary where plates move apart from each other
g. magnetometerinstrument for studying Earth’s magnetic field
h. Pangaealarge landmass made of all continents
j. plateslarge sections of Earth’s crust and upper mantle
k. seafloor spreadingprocess that forms new seafloor
m. transform faultplace where plates slide past one another



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