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6th grade plate tectonics

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Holes drilled several kilometers into Earth's crust provide direct evidence about Earth's interior in the form of ?   show
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show recording and studying seismic waves  
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What is the correct order of Earth's layers?   show
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show a dense ball of solid metal  
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When you touch a hot pot or pan, energy moves from the pot to your hand. This is called?   show
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show radiation  
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Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by?   show
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show the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago  
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Which type of evidence was NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support his continental drift hypotheses?   show
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show Wegener could not identify a force that could move the continents.  
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What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge?   show
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In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts   show
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show by determining the age of the rock samples obtained by drilling on the sea floor  
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show subduction  
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old oceanic crust is more dense than new oceanic crust because it is   show
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show convection currents in the mantle  
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A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a   show
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show divergent plate boundary  
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show layers  
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Earth's magnetic field results from movements in the   show
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Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's   show
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A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a   show
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Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a   show
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mid -ocean ridges are   show
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show convergent boundary  
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show conduction  
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show fossils  
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show sea-floor spreading  
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subduction occurs where the oceanic crust bends down toward the mantle at a   show
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show plate tectonics  
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The inner core is surrounded by the hot, molten metal layer called?   show
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asthenosphere is in what layer of the Earth   show
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show lithosphere  
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