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The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents.
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Continental Drift
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The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape.
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Plate Tectonics
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The hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller land masses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of continents.
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The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape.
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A system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence acquired through scientific investigation.
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The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth's surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing seafloor moves away from the ridge.
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The process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forces.
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The process by which Earth's magnetic north pole and magnetic south pole switch positions periodically; a change in the direction in which Earth's magnetic field points.
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Any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclical.
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A large mass of ice that exists year-round and moves over land
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Was the first map maker who noticed that the continents had coastlines that seemed to match up
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Some mineral resources, are common in areas near the sea floor
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a measure of mass per volume.
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Presented the hypothesis of Continental Drift.
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The soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move
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A wave of energy that travels through Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions.
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A large cloud of dust and gas that forms solar systems and/or planets
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Earth's thin,outer shell
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The compositional layer below the crust
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The center of the earth, mainly containing iron and nickel
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the outermost physical layer of earth
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lower part of the mantle (It is more dense and rigid than than the asthenosphere)
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The energy of motion
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When you lift an object off the ground, the object gains energy
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A large amount of energy in the form of heat is released
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A star that began very dense and very hot helped form our solar system
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A process that occurred as the planet cooled and solidified
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Liquid due to very high temperatures, the center of the earth
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Is solid but is under more pressure than the outer core.
