Plate Teconics

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the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere
the two sub-layers of the earth's crust (lithosphere) that move, float, and sometimes fracture and w
the region below the lithosphere, variously estimated as being from fifty to several hundred miles (
subtraction or withdrawal.
pertaining to the structure of the earth's crust.
of, living in, or produced by the ocean
raise; elevate
border.
a long, steep-sided, narrow depression in the ocean floor.
the outer layer of the earth, about 22 miles (35 km) deep under the continents and 6 miles (10 km) d
any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian
a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in wh
the crust and upper mantle of the earth.
usually initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the mainland of europe, to Europeans, or to Eu
tending to come together
two plates move apart from each other and the space that this creates is filled with new crustal mat
to change into another substance; transmute.
a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining a
a mountain or hill, usually having a cuplike crater at the summit, formed around such a vent from th
the portion of the earth, about 1800 miles (2900 km) thick, between the crust and the core. Compare