Earth Science - Chapter 6 Review

The thin, outermost layer of the Earth, or the uppermost layer of the lithosphere is known as the _________________.

The process by which new oceanic lithosphere is created as older materials are pulled away.

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The theory that continents can drift apart from one another and that they have done so in the past is called ________________ _____________________ .

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Earth's ___________ ___________ is liquid.

• outer core

• inner core

Which layer of the Earth makes up most of its mass?

Anticlines and synclines are the result of ______________ .

• folding

• faults

• tearing

• bending

How do folded mountain ranges form?

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Which layer of the earth is made up of tectonic plates?

• core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

• mesosphere

What type of tectonic plates are colliding in the picture above?

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Tectonic plates move very slowly on top of the __________________ .

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