Earth's Internal Structure and Plate Tectonics

Earth's Internal Structure and Plate Tectonics

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Charlene Mahan

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9th - 12th Grade

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Which layer of the Earth is a semi-solid, has plasticity, and could be represented in a model with toothpaste? (HInt: Layer #7)

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The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations by floating on the oceanic crust.

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A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move due to convection currents, gravity, density, temperature, rock cycle, ridge push, and slab pull.

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The German scientist who proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1912.

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What is NOT likely to happen at a divergent boundary?

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In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

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Plate movement is caused by _____

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Which of the following is used as evidence of seafloor spreading?

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Peer scientists reviewing Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift rejected his notion because

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The Himalayan mountains have some of the highest peaks like Mt. Everest, on which type of convergent boundary are they located?

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