Plate Tectonics and Geological Concepts

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Rachel Caldaira
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1.
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Plate tectonics
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The idea that Earth’s outer shell is made up of big pieces (plates) that slowly move over time.
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Tectonic plate
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Large, rigid pieces of Earth’s crust and upper mantle that fit together like puzzle pieces.
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Lithosphere
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The rigid outer layer of Earth, which includes the crust and top part of mantle, where the plates are.
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Asthenosphere
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The softer, partially melted layer beneath the lithosphere on which the plates move.
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Continental drift
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The old idea that continents slowly drift across Earth’s surface.
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Pangaea
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A supercontinent (all the land in one piece) that existed long ago, before the continents drifted apart.
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Seafloor spreading
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The process where new oceanic crust is made at mid-ocean ridges as plates move apart.
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