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| theory of plate tectonics |
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| states that earths crust and upper mantle are broken into plates, which are huge rocks slabs that move in differant directions and at differant rates over earths's surface |
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| place where two of earth's tectonic plates are moving apart;is associated with volcanism, earthquakes, and high heat flow, and is found primarily on the seafloor. |
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| long, narrow depression that forms when continetal crust begins to separate at a divergent boundary. |
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| place where two of earths tectonic plates are moving torward each other, is associated with trenches, island arcs, and folded mountains. |
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| process by which one tectonic plate slips beneath another tectonic plate. |
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| place where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each another that is characterized by long faults and shallow earthquakes. |
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