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FL 7.E 6.5 6.7 PlateTectonicTheory EXPLAIN PictureVocabulary
FL 7.E 6.5 6.7 PlateTectonicTheory EXPLAIN PictureVocabulary
Picture Vocabulary
African Plate
Ridges formed
from new crustal
material at
diverging oceanic
plate boundaries
Subduction
The process in
which a denser
plate is pushed
downward
beneath a less
dense plate
when plates
converge
Tectonic Plate