Plate Tectonic Theories and Geological Dating
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- Q1plastic-like part of the mantle on which the tectonic plates floatasthenosphere30s
- Q2densest, hottest, solid, innermost layerinner core30s
- Q3the crust and the upper mantle that is split into tectonic plates floating on the asthenospherelithosphere30s
- Q4thickest layer made of solid and melted rockmantle30s
- Q5coolest, least dense, thinnest, outermost layercrust30s
- Q6completely liquid metal layerouter core30s
- Q7two kinds of crustContinental and oceanic30s
- Q8solid layer due to the pressure it is underInner core30s
- Q9Supporting evidence: fossils, continent shape, landformsContinental Drift30s
- Q10supporting evidence: discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge, rock samples show rocks are older the farther away they are from the ridgeSeafloor Spreading30s
- Q11Supporting evidence: Subduction, earthquakes, volcanoes, mid ocean ridges, previous theoriesPlate Tectonics30s
- Q12large pieces of lithosphere that move around on the Earth's surfaceTectonic plates30s
- Q13Theory states that all continents were once joined together in a large land mass that drifted apartContinental Drift30s
- Q14The name of the giant continent that Alfred Wegner proposed once existedPangaea30s
- Q15The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms at mid ocean ridgesSeafloor Spreading30s