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Earth Space Science
Chapter 9 Vocabulary
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Biology
10th Grade
10/31/2012

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Term
Continental Drift
Definition
Continents had once joined to from a super continent ( Pangaea meaning all land)
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Pangaea
Definition
A Supercontinent meaning all land.
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Plate Tetonics
Definition
Earth`s outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways producing volcanoes, mountains,and earthquakes.
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Plate
Definition
One of numerous rigid sections of the lithosphere.
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Divergent Boundary
Definition
Occurs when two plates move apart
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Convergent Boundaries
Definition
Form when two plates move together.
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Transform fault Boundaries
Definition
Are margins where two plates grind past each other without the production or destruction of the lithosphere.
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