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There is a pattern of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Elevation which follows these.
Plate Boundaries
The Himalayas are the result of this kind of plate boundary.
Continent to Continent Convergent
The mantle is this consistency, much like silly putty.
Semi Solid
As an object heats up it becomes this.
Less Dense
This kind of rock is made up of a bunch of small rocks which have stuck together to make a new one.
Sedimentary Rock
The discovery of this in Antarctica lead to the understanding that it was once a swampy environment.
Coal
The heat wich causes convection in the Earth's mantle comes from this.
The Earth's Core
Scientists increased understanding of this part of the earth after Wegener's death eventually lead to his redemption.
The Ocean Floor
This kind of igneous rock is formed at a mid ocean ridge when magma leaks up from between the two spreading plates.
Basalt
This kind of rock is the result of liquid rock solidifying.
Igneous Rock
Fossils on of an ancient crocodile like creature on these two continents lead Wegener to believe that they were once connected.
Africa and South America
Hotspots lead to the creation of this in the mantle which eventually breaks through the crust to create Volcanoes.
Magma
Liquid rock which is on the surface of the earth.
Lava
Oceanic plates subduct beneath continental plates at convergent boundaries because they are this.
Denser.
These are especially common along Transform Plate Boundaries
Earthquakes
Volcanoes tend to form on the other side of what kind of plate boundary.
Oceanic to Continental Convergent
Mountains are the result of continental plates doing this.
Crumpling
Wegener theorized that this super-continent which contained all current continents once existed
Pangaea
Any rock which has become disconnected from the Earth's is known as this.
Sediment.
This kind of sedimentary rock forms out of the remains of ancient plants.
Coal