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Plate tectonics

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a hot liquid rock layer of earth. mantle
the idea that plates are moving continental drift
the name given to the supercontinent when all land masses were joined pangea
these currents deep within the mantle, fuel the movement of the plates convection
when two plates push against one another, causing a bulge in the crust. folding
the solid center of earth core
the highest of the Landforms mountains
slow moving rivers of ice glaciers
area of low flat land plains
the Earth's oceans and land move on segments of the crust called plates
a fan shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river delta
raised flat land plateau
the breaking down of rock into pieces due to wind water or ice weathering
the pieces of rock and sand that get washed away sediment
the process by which the pieces of rock and sand that get washed away erosion
the sun is over the the tropic of cancer and Capricorn solstice
when the sun is directly over the equator equinox
Earth's blank is called this orbit
this takes 24 hours to complete one turn on earth access rotation
it takes 365 1/4 days revolution
sun is universe's center heliocentric
earth is solar system center geocentric
huge section of Earth's crust plate
imaginary line going pole to pole axis
thick layer around Earth's core mantle
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