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Lithosphere |
The rigid outer part of the earth |
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Tectonic Plates |
the two sub-layers of the earth's crust that move, float, and sometimes fracture |
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Divergent Boundaries |
A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates |
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Convergent Boundaries |
A destructive plate, is an actively deforming region where two tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide. |
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Transform Boundary
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These faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly |
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Covection Current |
A current in a fluid that results from convection. |
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Strata |
A layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground. |
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Pangea |
A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. |
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Theory of Continental Drift |
In 1915, the German geologist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener first proposed the theory of continental drift, which states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift atop a liquid core. |
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Faults |
A crack in the Earth's crust. |
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Dip-Slip Fault |
Inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically. |
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Strike-Slip Fault |
Vertical fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally. |