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EARTH'S LAYERS
VOCAB
PANGEA
PLATE TECTONICS
100
the thinnest layer of the Earth
What is crust?
100
when two plates push against each other and a mountain can be formed
What is convergent plate boundary?
100
3 things used to prove pangea
What are fosils, rocks, and climate?
100
the convection currents move the lithosphere which has the continents connected to it to move the plates
What is continental drift?
200
the thickest layer of the Earth
What is mantle?
200
when two plates pull apart from each other and trenches are formed
What is divergent plate boundary?
200
the person who tried to prove pangea
Who is Alfred Wegener?
300
composed of iron and nickel and is a liquid/solid
What is outer core?
300
when two plates move in opposite directions while rubbing against each other and aslo earthquakes occur along this boundary
What is transform plate boundary?
300
wegener said the continents could fit together like a. . .
What is puzzle?
400
the hottest part of the Earth and is a solid ball of metal
What is inner core?
400
area where a plate is pushed under another into the mantle
What is subduction zone?
400
was known as a supercontinent
What is pangea?
500
the area between the crust and the upper mantle
What is lithosphere?
500
the deepest parts of the ocean
What is trenches?
500
the length of measurement that is shown to prove how much the continents move in a year
What is 0.75 inches?