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Sci plate techtonics
science vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| earths solid rocky surface containing the continents and ocean floor. | crust |
| the idea that many kinds of rocks form flat horizontaly layers | original horizontaly |
| the idea that a suoerontinial split apart into pieces the continents which drifted in time to their presnt location | continental drift |
| the idea that a new crut is forming at ridges in the sea floor spreading apart the crust in eaigher side of the ridges | sea floor spreading |
| hot molten rock below earths surface | magma |
| the idea that earths surface is broken into plates that slide slowly across the mantal | plate tectonics |
| the layer benetrh earths crust | mantle |
| the sliding of denser ocean plate under another plte when they collide | subduction |
| alfread wegner was the first to say that the continents were moving | who was Afread Wegnar? |
| pangea was a super continent.It existed over 200 million years ago | what was pangea? |