section 2 restless continents Flashcards

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The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single land mass, broke up, and drifted to there present locations

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Continental drift

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The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as rises to the surface and solidifies.

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Sea-floor spreading

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