Tectonic Plates

8th grade Earth

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the process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid ocean ridge
magnetized objects would reverse direction and orient themselves to point south
Earth's surface is made of rigid slabs of rock that move with respect to each other
a state which magnetized objects will orient themselves to point north
mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans
the cold and rigid outermost rock layer
the ciruclation of material caused by differences in temperature and density
the magnetic field reverses direction
which suggested that continents are in constant motion on the surface of Earth
denser plate sinks below the more buoyant plate
rising mantle material at mid ocean ridges create the potential for plates to move from ridge
slab sinks and pulls on the rest of the plate with a force
landmass in the southern hemisphere
landmass in the northern hemisphere
all the continents were once part of a supercontinent