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Earth's Layers 1
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Earth's Layers 3
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What bests describes hot substances rising and cool substances sinking?

What is convection

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In which of Earths Layers would you find convection currents?
What is The Mantle
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What causes earthquakes
What is the sliding of two continental plates past one another
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What part of a tectonic plate would you least likely be able to find lava erupting from the Earth?

What is the middle of tectonic plate

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Which of Earth's layers are as hot as the sun?

What is Inner Core

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Whats the difference between inner and outer core?
What is One is solid one is liquid
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Which of Earth's Layers is the most dense?

What is Inner Core

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What process best describes two plates sliding or slipping past one another?

What is Transforming

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What is least likely to occur where plates are moving toward each-other?

What is Spreading

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What are the three Earth's layers based on chemical composition?

What is crust, mantle, core

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Which layer of Earth contains tectonic plates?
What is Lithosphere
300

Why does the crust float on top of the mantle?

What is differences in density

300

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What geological event occurs at the mid-ocean ridge?

What is Seafloor Spreading

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Which form of energy is responsible for the movement of plates?

What is Heat Energy in the form of Convection

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Name the layers of the Earth from most dense to least dense.

What is Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

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DOUBLE POINTS!!

What's an example of a slow geological event?

What is Mountain Building

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Convection currents result in the following:

What is Movement of Plates

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Whats the difference between divergent and convergent boundaries?
What is Convergent/Collides Divergent/Separates
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What happens at Convergent Boundries?

Tectonic Plates Collide

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DOUBLE POINTS!!

What happens at divergent boundaries?

What is Two plates move away from each other

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What theory explains causes of slow and rapid geological events to occur?
What is Theory of Plate Tectonics
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What causes mountains to form?
What is Collision of two continental plates
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What happens at a transform boundary that causes earthquakes?
What is Two plates slide or glide past one another
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Which of the following would best represent the convection current in the mantle A. A boiling pot of water B. your phone heats up from sitting in the sun C. A cup of hot chocolate burns your hand D. An ice cube melts from sitting in your hand
What is A
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What causes plate movement?
What is convection currents