Earth Layers and Theory of Plate Tectonics

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What are the two main metals that make up the Earth's core?

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Iron and Nickel

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True or False: The deeper you go into the Earth, the greater the pressure.

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True

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What type of field is created by the combination of Earth's rotation and the outer core rotating around the inner core?

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Magnetic field

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What was the name of the supercontinent that existed when all continents were joined together?

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Pangea

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What is the name of the thinnest and outermost layer of the Earth?

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Crust

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What is the layer of the Earth located between the crust and the outer core?

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Mantle

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What is the primary cause of tectonic plate movement?

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Convection currents in the mantle

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What are tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact with each other.

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What geological feature is formed at divergent plate boundaries?

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Mid-ocean ridges

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What is subduction?

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The process where one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.