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plate tectonics matching 2

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Convergent Boundary: When two ocean plates collide, one plate bends and slides under other they formisland arc of volcanoes
Convergent Boundary: continental plate and continental plate collide, no subduction, both are less dense than athenosphere, plates collide and crumble up and they formearthquakes, mountains like Himalyas
Lithospherethe crust and upper part of mantle
athenosphereplastic like layer below lithosphere
evidence for continental driftfossils of animals and rock layers
developed idea of sea floor spreadingHarry Hess
developed idea for PangaeaWegener
process where less dense material below earth’s crust is forced upward toward the surface at mid-ocean ridgesea floor spreading



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