Faults Of Our Earth

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Lithosphere

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The rigid outer part of the earth

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Tectonic Plates

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the two sub-layers of the earth's crust that move, float, and sometimes fracture

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Divergent Boundaries

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A linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates

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Convergent Boundaries

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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

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A current in a fluid that results from convection.

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Strata

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A layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground.

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Pangea

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A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

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Theory of Continental Drift

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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

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A crack in the Earth's crust.

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Dip-Slip Fault

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Inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically.

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Strike-Slip Fault

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Vertical fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally.