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plate tectonics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the scientist that came up with the plate tectonics theory? | Alfred Wegener |
| What was the plate tectonics theory called? | Continental drift |
| What did the Continental Drift theory state? | That the continents are slowly moving or "drifting" to new locations |
| What was the name of the continents when they were one giant landmass? | pangea |
| Who was the scientist that came up with the plate tectonics theory? | Alfred Wegener |
| What is the driving force for the movement of Earths plates? | Convection currents |
| What are the outer layers of Earth called? | Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Lithosphere |
| What was the plate tectonics theory called? | Continental drift |
| What are the inner layers of Earth called | The crust, The mantle and the core. |
| What did the Continental Drift theory state? | That the continents are slowly moving or "drifting" to new locations |
| What was the name of the continents when they were one giant landmass? | pangea |
| What were Wegener's 3 pieces of evidence to support continental drift? | landforms, fossils, and climate |
| What is the driving force for the movement of Earths plates? | Convection currents |
| What are the outer layers of Earth called? | Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Lithosphere |
| What are the inner layers of Earth called | The crust, The mantle and the core. |
| What is the outermost layer of the earth called that protects us from the sun | The atmosphere |
| Which layer is made up of water and covers three fourths of the earth | hydrosphere |
| Which layer is where we live and made up of land | lithosphere |
| what is the thinnest layer of inner layers | the crust |
| what layer is made up of partly melted rock | the mantle |
| what layer has an outer liquid part and an inner solid part | the core |
| what is a plate boundary | the location where two tectonic plates meet |
| what are the three main types of plates boundaries called | convergent, divergent, and transform |
| what are the two main types of crust called | continental and oceanic crust |
| which boundary is where two tectonic plates move towards each other | convergent boundary |
| what are two land features that are formed by convergent boundaries | mountains and volcanoes |
| which boundary is where two tectonic plates separate from each other | divergent boundary |
| which boundary is where two tectonic plates slide past each other | transform boundary |
| what type of natural disaster is caused by a transform boundary | earthquakes |
| what is the formation of new oceanic crust by the movement of magma called | sea floor spreading |
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