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| PLASTICLIKE LAYER OF EARTH'S SERVICE BELOW THE LITOSPHERE |
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| CYCLE OF HEATING, RISING, COOLING AND SINKINS |
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| THEORY THAT STATES THAT EARTH'S CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE ARE BROKEN INTO SECTIONS, WHICH MOVE AROUND ON A SPECIAL LAYER OF THE MANTLE |
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| AREA WHERE AN OCEANIC PLATE GOES DOWN INTO THE MANTLE |
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| PLATE BOUNDARY THAT OCCURS WHEN TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST ONE ANOTHER- SLIDE! |
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| PLACE WHERE TWO PLATES MOVE TOGETHER-COME TOGETHER! |
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| RIGID LAYER OF EARTHS SURFACE MADE UP OF THE CRUST AND A PART OF THE UPPER MANTLE |
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| SENSING DEVICE THAT DETECTS MAGNETIC FIELDS, HELPING TO CONFIM SEAFLOOR SPREADING- DEVICE THAT SENSES SEAFLOOR SPREADING! |
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| ONE LARGE LANDMASS HYPOTHESIZED TO HAVE BROKEN APART ABOUT 200 MILLION YEARS AGO |
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| HYPOTHESIS THAT CONTINENTS HAVE MOVED SLOWLY TO THEIR CURRENT LOCATIONS |
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| BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO PLATES THAT ARE MOVING APART- PLATES MOVING APART! |
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| SECTION OF EARTHS CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE |
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| LARGEST LAYER OF EARTHS SURFACE, COMPOSED MOSTLY OF SILICON, OXYGEN & MANGESIUM & IRON |
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| OUTERMOST LAYER OF EARTHS SURFACE |
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| WHERE ROCKS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A FAULT MOVE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS OR IN THE SAME DIRECTION AT DIFFERENT RATES |
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THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT HYPOTHESIS
***EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THIS HYPOTHESIS
(ALFRED WEGENER) |
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1) THE PUZZLE LIKE FIT OF THE CONTINENTS
2) SIMILAR ROCK STRUCTURES
3) CLIMATE EVIDENCE |
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SEAFLOOR SPREADING HYPOTHESIS
*** EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THIS THEORY
( HARRY HESS) |
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1) MAGNETIC EVIDENCE IN ROCKS
2) THE AGES OF ROCKS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR |
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| WHAT ARE SOME FEATURES CAUSED BY PLATE TECTRONICS? |
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*FAULTS AND RIFT VALLEYS
**MOUNTAINS & VOLCANOES
***STRIKE SLIP FAULTS |
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| SEISMIC WAVES THAT MOVE ROCK PARTICLES UP AND DOWN IN A BACKWARD ROLLING MOTION AND SIDE TO SIDE IN A SWAYING MOTION |
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| INSTRUMENT USED TO REGISTER EARTHQUAKE WAVES AND RECORD THE TIME THAT EACH ARRIVES |
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| MEASURE OF THE ENERGY RELEASED DURING AN EARTHQUAKE |
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| A BIG WAVE THAT COMES AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE |
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