Plate Tectonics

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What is Plate Tectonics?

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The theory that explains the structure and movement of the Earth's lithosphere, which is divided into tectonic plates.

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of heat within a material or between materials that are touching.

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Who suggested the process of sea-floor spreading?

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Harry Hess.

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What is a plate boundary?

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The boundary between two tectonic plates.

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What is the movement of fluid caused by heat transfer called?

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Convection Current.

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What is the outer core?

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The only liquid layer of the Earth.

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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 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 a convergent boundary?

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A type of plate boundary where two plates move towards each other, often causing one plate to be forced beneath the other.

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What is a divergent boundary?

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A type of plate boundary where two plates move away from each other, leading to the formation of new crust.