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Lithosphere |
solid outer section of Earth ( surrounds top layer of our Earth, split into tectonic plates |
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Tectonic Plates |
plates that are in Lithosphere that clash, move away from, or float away from each other that form land forms |
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Divergent boundaries |
2 plates that break away from one another |
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convergent boundaries |
2 plates come together |
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Transform boundary |
2 plates that never touch |
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Convection Current |
a current in liquid form that results from a convection |
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Strata |
layer of rocks |
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Pangea |
a supercontinent |
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Theory of Continental Drift |
parts of Earth's crust slowly difted apart of each other |
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Faults |
Earth's crust moving apart causing messed up formations of rock |
