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Earth Science
Chapter 8
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8th Grade
09/27/2012

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collision boundary
Definition
A convergent boundary where two continents have come together and are welded into a single, larger continent.
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continental drift
Definition
A hypothesis that Earth's continents move on Earth's surface.
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craton
Definition
The ancient core of a continent, which is tectonically stable.
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deep sea trench
Definition
Long trench that is the deepest part of the ocean
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divergent boundary
Definition
A boundary between two lithospheric plates that are moving apart.
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mantle convection
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A process by which heat from Earth's inner and outer cores is transferred through the mantle.
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mid-ocean ridge
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A long chain of mountains with a central rift valley that is located along a divergent boundary on the ocean floor
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Pangaea
Definition
The name of a hypothetical landmass consisting of all the continents welded together, which evidence indicates existed about 250 million years ago.
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plate tectonics
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The theory that the lithosphere is made of plates that move and interact with each other at their boundaries.
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ridge push
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A force that is exerted by cooling, subsiding rock on the spreading lithospheric plates at a mid-ocean ridge.
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convergent boundry
Definition
a boundry between two plates that are moving twords each other or converging
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rift
Definition
a crack or opening in the earths crust
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rift valley
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a deep valley at a point where the lithosperic plates are moving apart such as at the mid ocean ridge
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slab pull
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a force of subduction boundry that the sinking edge of the subducting plate exerts on the rest of the plate
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subduction boundary
Definition
a convergant boundry where oceanic plates plunge over an overiding plate
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terrane
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a large block of plate that has been moved thousands of kilometers and attaches to an edge of an continent
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transform boundary
Definition
a boundary from two plates that slide past each other
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