Plate Tectonics, A theory stating that the earth’s surface is broken into plates that move, Continental Drift, The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations, Core, The central part of the earth below the mantle, Mantle, The layer of rock between the Earth’s crust and core, Crust, The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle, Convergent Boundary, The boundary between two tectonic plates that are colliding, Divergent Boundary, The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other, Transform Boundary, The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally, Sea-Floor Spreading, The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies, Convection Current, A current caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid.

Plate Tectonics

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