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| two main types of evidence to learn about the Earths interior |
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Direct:rock samples
indirect:siesmic waves |
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| three main layers of the earth |
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| thin layer of solid rock that includes both dry and the ocean floor |
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| is made up of rock that is very hot but solid |
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| is made mostly of the metals iron and mickel it consists of two parts a liquid outer core and a solid inner core |
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| three types of heat transfer |
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| radiation conduction and convection |
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| what sets convection currents in motion |
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| heating and cooling of fluids, changes in the fluids density, and the force of gravity |
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| heat from the core and the mantle itself |
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| that all the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass and have since drifted apart. |
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| wegener got evidence from.... |
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| land features(puzzle pieces), fossils, and climate, glaciers |
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| wegener could not provide the evidence that.... |
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| explains the force that pushes or pulls the continents |
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| the sea-floor spreads along both sides of the mid ocean ridge as new crust is added |
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| evidence that supported the theory of sea-floor spreading |
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eruptions
magnetic strips
the age |
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| theory of plate tectonics explains |
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| the formation, movement and subduction |
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| three kinds of plate boundries and describe them |
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divergent- moves awayy from eachother
convergent- collides into eachother
transform- slides past(against) eachother |
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| where do volcanic belts form |
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| forms above a hot spot when magma erupts through the crust and reaches the surface |
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