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Thicker part of Earth’s crust that forms the large land masses
a) Continental crust
b) Convergent boundary
c) Divergent boundary
d) Geologic event

Two plates coming together
a) Convergent boundary
b) Divergent boundary
c) Geologic event
d) Mid-ocean ridge

two plates moving apart
a) Divergent boundary
b) Geologic event
c) Mid-ocean ridge
d) undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart

a change to the structure of the Earth by tectonic activities
a) Geologic event
b) Mid-ocean ridge
c) Ocean basin
d) Oceanic crust

undersea mountain range formed where two parts of the Earth’s crust are moving apart
a) Mid-ocean ridge
b) Ocean basin
c) Oceanic crust
d) Plate

large bowl shaped depression that holds ocean water; regions of crust below sea level
a) Ocean basin
b) Oceanic crust
c) Plate
d) Plate boundary

thinner part of Earth’s crust that lies underneath the ocean basins
a) Oceanic crust
b) Plate
c) Plate boundary
d) Sea-floor spreading

distinct sections of the lithosphere which make up the outermost layer of the Earth
a) Plate
b) Plate boundary
c) Sea-floor spreading
d) Subduction

a region where two lithospheric plates meet
a) Plate boundary
b) Sea-floor spreading
c) Subduction
d) Tectonics

formation of new oceanic crust due to the upwelling of magma at mid-ocean ridges
a) Sea-floor spreading
b) Subduction
c) Tectonics
d) Theory

process where one plate slides under another
a) Subduction
b) Tectonics
c) Theory
d) Theory of plate tectonics

study of the movement of large masses of rock, known as plates, on the Earth’s surface; includes folds, faults, and plate movement
a) Tectonics
b) Theory
c) Theory of plate tectonics
d) Transform boundary

an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by groups of detached researchers; can be used to explain and predict natural phenomena
a) Theory
b) Theory of plate tectonics
c) Transform boundary
d) Continental crust

theory that describes plate movement and how it affects Earth’s geologic features
a) Theory of plate tectonics
b) Transform boundary
c) Continental crust
d) Convergent boundary

two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions
a) Transform boundary
b) Continental crust
c) Convergent boundary
d) Divergent boundary

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