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What is the very center part of the Earth Inner Core
We walk on this part of the Earth Crust
The part of the Earth that is the thickest. Mantle
The name of the continents when they were all joined as one landmass. Pangaea
The Earth's crust is broken into plates that float on the upper part of the mantle. Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Earth is broken into these of various sizes Plates
What is the name of the man who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift? Alfred Wegner
What is the Theory of Continental Drift? The continents once formed a single landmass that broke into pieces and eventually moved into the positions they are in today.
This consists of the solid, uppermost part of the mantle and the crust. The lithosphere
The molten part of the mantle - like plastic, directly under the lithosphere. The Asthenosphere
This separates the Earth's mantle from the outer core. The Gutenberg Discontinuity.
The core is made of these metals, either molten or solid. Nickel and iron
When two plates move towards each other and collide. Convergent
When two plates move apart from each other. Divergent
When two plates move past each other Transform
A scientist who studies the earth Geologist
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