Vocab 4.2 Flashcards

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Continental drift

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

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Sea floor sprading

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

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