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| what is the lithosphere? | all the land in the earths system
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| which sphere includes all the planets living things? | biosphere
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| define atmosphere | it contains all the air in the earth's system
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| what is the hydrosphere? | it contains all the solid, liquid and gaseous water of the planet.
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| what are "plates"? | they are pieces of the crust
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| what are the plate types? | continental and oceanic
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| which type of plate is thicker | continental
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| what is a pangea | it is the name of a supercontinent formed 100-200 million years ago
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| what is plate tectonics | it is a theory of the movement of continents
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| which type of plate boundary involves two plates moving towards one another? | convergent
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| what is a divergent boundary | it involves 2 plates moving apart
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| which boundary involves two plates sliding along side one another | transform boundary
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| what will form when two continental plates converge? | fold mountains
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| when 2 oceanic plates converge what forms? | magma will rise to form volcanoes
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| what does the build up of pressure due to transform boundary result in? | earthquakes
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| what is the point where an earthquake starts called? | focus
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| what is the strength of an earthquake known as? | magnitude
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| what scale indicates the earthqaukes strength? | Richter scale
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| what are the layers of the earth? | crust , mantle, and core
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| what causes the plates to move? | convection currents in the mantle
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| what can be found directly under the plates of the earth's crust | a soft mantle
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