Tectonic Plates

Consists of the crust and part of the mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Outer Core

• Oceanic Crust

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The theory that the outer layer of Earth is divided into plates and moves across Earth’s surface

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Tectonic Plates

• Lithosphere

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Describes the movements of tectonic plates over long periods of time

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Sea-Floor Spreading

• Tectonic Plates

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A process of circular movements through the mantle

• Continental Drift

• Cycling

• Convection

• Plate Tectonics

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Preserved evidence of life millions of years ago

• Ice Age

• Convection

• Rocks

• Fossils

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The large land mass or super-continent that was around about 245 million years ago

• Pan

• Pangea

• All Earth

• Alfred Wegener

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The theory that magma comes through oceanic crust and spreads tectonic plates apart

• Sea-floor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Climate

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Who was the guy that developed the continental drift theory?

• Isaac Newton

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

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Who was the guy that came up with the theory of sea-floor spreading?

• Isaac Newton

• Harry Hess

• Alfred Wegener

• Albert Einstein

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What is the supporting evidence for the theory of plate tectonics? (Select all that apply)

• Fossils

• The ocean

• Climate

• Rocks and Mountains

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