Tectonic Plates

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What is the process called when tectonic plates converge and form mountains?

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Uplift

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Which layer of the Earth is the hottest?

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Inner core

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What is a key piece of evidence for continental drift?

Back

All of the above (Continent shapes, Fossil record, Rock layers)

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Who is the scientist known for building most of the evidence for continental drift?

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Alfred Wegener

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What is the process of warm liquids rising while cooler liquids sink called?

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Convection

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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 is subduction?

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

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What is continental drift?

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The theory that continents have moved over geological time and were once joined together.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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What is the mantle?

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The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core, composed of semi-solid rock.