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WorksheetsPlate tectonics vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart.
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The thin, solid, outermost layer of the Earth; is either continental landmasses or oceanic ocean floors.
mantel
asthenosphere
crust
The mineralized remains of organisms, showing how long-dead organisms lived and how their bodies were structured.
(a)
The solid layer of Earth between the crust and the core; made of dense silicates.
Fossils that are widespread, come from organisms that lived over a relatively short period of time, and can be used to correlate rock strata
The theory that the crust is divided into large pieces called tectonic plates that slowly move on top of the mantel
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Huge piece of crust that slowly moves on the upper ductile part of the mantel.
Explanation for a set of observations.
(a)
"Science dead dude" who proposed the theory of plate tectonics.
Landmassess are still moving today.
True
False
