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Plate Motion only 8th grade science final 2024 terms
Term | Definition |
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continent | any of Earth’s main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America convergent |
divergent | moving apart in different directions |
eruption | the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano |
lava | hot liquid rock on the surface of Earth |
magma | hot liquid rock below the surface of Earth |
mantle | the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth’s plates |
mid-ocean ridge | an underwater mountain range formed when two plates move apart |
plate | one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer |
plate boundary | the place where two plates meet |
trench | a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together |
convergent | moving toward the same place |