THE EARTH'S LAYERS
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| dense and solid | Inner Core
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| molten or liquid | Outter Core
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| A thick layer of rock about 1,800 miles thick. | Mantle
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| Rocky surface layer | Crust
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| liquid that breaks through the earth’s crust. | Magma
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| the molten rock or magma once its on the surface | Lava
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| This theory explains the movement of the Earth's plates. Explains the cause of earthquakes, volcanoes, oceanic trenches, mountain range formation, and many other geologic phenomenon's | Plate Tectonics
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| Where plates collide, the crust crumples and buckles into mountain ranges. | Convergent Boundaries
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| Magma from deep in the Earth's mantle rises toward the surface and pushes apart two or more plates. Mountains and volcanoes rise along the seam. | Divergent Boundaries
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| Two plates grind past each other, triggers large earthquakes | Transform Boundaries
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| One plate moves under another at about 1 to 10 centimeters a year. Earthquakes and Volcanoes are a result. | Subduction
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| German explorer who created the continental drift theory | Alfred Wegener
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| The movement of the Earth’s continents | Continental Drift
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| supercontinent that broke apart and formed the 7 continents | Pangaea
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| A circle of Volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean floor | The Ring of Fire
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