Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Flashcards
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Scientific theory
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A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations
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Plate
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A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying pieces of continental and oceanic crust
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Plate tectonics
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The theory that pieces of earths lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
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Fault
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A break in earths crust where masses of rock slip past each other
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Divergent boundary
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A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
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Rift Valley
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A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart
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Convergent boundary
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A plate boundary where two plates move apart toward each other
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Transform boundary
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A plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions
