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Gappa Earth: Chapter 4

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heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid or gas   convection current  
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The supercontinent that began to break apart about 225 million years ago   Pangea  
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Wegner's hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth’s surface   continental drift  
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Process where molten material adds new oceanic crust into ocean floor   sea-floor spreading  
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Process where oceanic plate sinks back into the mantle and melts   subduction  
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The undersea mountain chain were new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary   mid-ocean ridge  
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Deep valley along the ocean floor through which the oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle   deep ocean trench  
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A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observation   scientific theory  
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During convection currents, where does the cooler, denser fluid travel   sinks downward  
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During convection currents, where does the hotter, less dense fluid travel   float upward  
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Part of the mantle that can flow like melted tar   asthenosphere  
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part of the core that is liquid metal   outer core  
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part of the core that is solid metal   inner core  
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edges of the plates   boundaries  
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distance plates can move in a year   2 cm - 10 cm  
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the separate sections the earth's lithosphere is broken into   plates  
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as oceanic crust moves away from the mid-ocean ridge   becomes cooler and denser  
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magma rises from the mantle   is hot and least dense  
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features that form at a convergent boundary   deep ocean trench or mountains  
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features that form at a divergent boundary   mid ocean ridge or rift valley  
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features that occur at a transform boundary   earthquakes  
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crust is destroyed or deformed   convergent boundary  
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crust is created   divergent boundary  
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crust is neither created nor destroyed   transform boundary  
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the crust and very top part of the mantle   lithosphere  
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heat source for the convection current in the asthenosphere   mantle and core  
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the three scientists who contributed to the Theory of Plate Tectonics   Alfred Wegener, Harry Hess, J. Tuzo Wilson  
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two parts of the crust   oceanic crust and continental crust  
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Which pieces of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?   continent shape, fossils, climate evidence  
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What pieces of evident did Hess use to support his theory of sea floor spreading and subduction?   magma samples, drilling samples, and magnetic rock pattern on ocean floor  
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