Science 8 - Unit 3 Lesson 2
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- Q 1/7Score 0the hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of the continents29continental drift
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- Q1the hypothesis that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations; the movement of the continentscontinental drift30s
- Q2the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of large, moving pieces called tectonic plates; the theory explains how plates interact and how those interactions relate to processes such as earthquakes and mountain buildingplate tectonics30s
- Q3a system of ideas that explains many related observations and is supported by a large body of evidence acquired through scientific investigationtheory30s
- Q4the process by which new oceanic lithospere (sea floor) forms when magma rises to Earth's surface at mid-ocean ridges and solidifies, as older, existing sea floor moves away from the ridgesea-floor spreading30s
- Q5the process by which one lithospheric plate moves beneath another plate as a result of tectonic forcessubduction30s
- Q6the 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 pointsmagnetic reversal30s
- Q7any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular, or cyclicalconvection current30s