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side sideequator
north southprime meridian
AfricaSouth America0o
0o2025o N 90oW
Line that connects areas with same elevationElevation change between contour lines
40 ft.2
4,800 ft.4,920 ft
5,040 ft.
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CrustMantleOuter coreInner core
Crust OceanicOceanic
Pressure causes crust of earth to be pushed up Crack in the crust
mountainsplainplateaumountain
The continents were once one big landmassrocks/minerals, fossils, coastlines of continents
near the center of the ridge
furthest from the center
Giant landmass
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crust of earth made up of plates that move and interact
convection mantle
place where 2 plates meet
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Moving away from each otherdivergent
new crust, volcanoesconvergentmountains
slides underslides
trenchtransform
DivergentConvergentTransform