Plate Tectonics
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All of Earth's landmasses were once joined creating this supercontinent
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The term referring to magma that has reached the surface of the Earth
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The layer of the Earth where convection currents are thought to occur causing tectonic plates to move
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A landform that is created in the ocean when two tectonic plates pull apart
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A type of plate boundary where a denser plate is forced below a less dense plate
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An event that occurs when plates grind past each other causing the ground to shake
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Molten rock found in Earth's interior
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A German Scientist who proposed the Theory of Continental Drift
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The idea that at one point all of Earth's landmasses were joined and since have broken apart and drifted to their current locations
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A landform that is created at a subduction zone when the subducting plate pulls the edge of the other plate down created a deep wedge in the ocean along the boundary
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The outermost layer of Earth where the crust is
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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates are colliding
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The region between two adjacent tectonic plates
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The innermost layer of Earth that supplies the heat that drives plate tectonics
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The idea that Earth's lithosphere is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates that are in motion
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