Plate Tectonics

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ocean crust and continental crust collide, more dense oceanic crust sinks under less dense continent
current in earth's mantle that transfers heat in earths interior and is the driving force for plate
magma from mantle cools to create new crust
the thicker,less dense layer of earth's surface asssociated with land.
earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections.
plasticlike later of earth on which the lithosphere plate float and move around.
the cold,more dense rocky layerof earth's surface found beneth ocean.
seven great land masses on the globe.
most dense layer,in the middle of the earth.
all land
the molten layer within earth,above the core and below the crust.
move on a plasticlike layer of the mantle.
cooler,less dense, less pressure,is the outer plate, and it is what you movie on.
crust is pushed together and destroyed, mountains are formed.
hot, less dense matirial below earth's crust rises toward the surface at mid-ocean ridge.
plates scrape against eachother,earthquake happens.
continents moved slowly to their current location.
rigid layer of earth's crust and a part of the upper mantle.
less dense than the inner core, surround the inner core.
portion of the earth's crust that lies beneth the ocean floor.