Plate Tectonics

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What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers? Options: crust, outer core, inner core, mantle, mantle, outer core, inner core, crust, crust, mantle, outer core, inner core, outer core, inner core, crust, mantle

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crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Front

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's: continents, mantle, lithosphere, inner core.

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mantle

Front

Compared to rock in Earth's crust, rocks in the mantle are more

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dense

Front

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest? Options: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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crust

Front

Part of mantle where lithosphere floats

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Asthenosphere

Front

One large landmass

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Pangea

Front

Heat transfers within the Earth

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Convection Current

Front

Addition of new sea floor

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Sea Floor Spreading

Front

To make new crust, ____ is pushed up from the mantle.

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Magma

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Plates sliding past each other in opposite directions

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Transform