Earth's Layers and Plate Boundaries

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What is the outer layer of the Earth called?

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Crust

Front

The mantle is made of solid rock. True or False?

Back

True

Front

What are really big pieces of land on Earth called?

Back

Continents

Front

What is the layer beneath the crust?

Back

Mantle

Front

What do we call the boundary where plates move away from each other?

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Diverging boundary

Front

What is the name of the layer at the center of the Earth?

Back

Core

Front

What is the lithosphere?

Back

The crust of the Earth.

Front

What happens at a converging boundary?

Back

Plates move towards each other.

Front

What is a subduction zone?

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A place where one plate moves under another.

Front

How many main layers does the Earth have?

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Three: crust, mantle, and core.