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| the thin and solid outermost layer of the earth above the mantls |
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| the layer of rock between the earth's crust and core |
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| the central part of the earth below the mantle |
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| the solid outer layer of the earth that consists of the crust and rigid upper part of the mantle |
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| the soft layer of the mantle on which the techtonic plates move |
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| the strong lower part of the mantle between the asthenosphere and the outer core |
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| a piece of the lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle |
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| the hypothesis that states that the ontinents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations |
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| the process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms magma rises toward the surface and solidifies |
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| the theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape |
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| the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates |
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| the boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other |
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| the boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally |
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| stress that occurs when forces act to squeeze an object |
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| stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object |
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| the bending of rock layers due to stress |
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| a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another |
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| a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another |
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| a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another |
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| the rising of regions of the earth's crust to a higher elevation |
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