4.2 "Restless Continents" Flashcards

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the hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations

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continental drift

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the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies

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sea-floor spreading

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