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fault |
a break in Earth's crust |
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lithosphere |
the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and upper mantle |
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Pangaea |
all of Earth's land masses into a single large continents |
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plate boundaries |
the places where the edges of different plates meet |
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plate tectonics |
the theory that explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer move and change shape |
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rift |
a long crack, fissure or trough that forms between tectonic plates moving apart at plate boundaries |
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subduction |
a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate |
