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Define:
 Crust –
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Mantle –
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Outer core –
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Inner core –
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Lithosphere –
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Asthenosphere –
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Mesosphere –
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Tectonic plates –
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Continental drift –
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Sea-floor spreading –
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Plate tectonics –
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Convection current –
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Subduction zone –
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Trench –
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Convergent boundaries –
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Divergent boundaries –
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Transform boundaries –
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Stress –
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Compression –
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Tension –
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Fold –
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Syncline –
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Anticline –
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Monocline –
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Fault –
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Normal fault –
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Reverse fault –
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Strike-slip fault –
Answer:
 The rock most commonly found on oceanic crust is
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The rock most commonly found on continental crust is
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Which layer of the earth is partially made of magma?
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Which layer of the earth is made up of tectonic plates?
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Another name for crust is
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What appears to cause the Earth’s plates to move?
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The ancient continent “super continent” that had all the continents connected was called what?
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The major problem with Alfred Wegener’s Theory of continental drift was
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The type of fault that has a hanging all moving down is called a
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Oceanic crust sinks to the bottom and continental crust does not because of
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The type of fault that has a hanging wall moving up is called a
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The layer of the earth made of liquid iron is
 The layer of the earth made of solid iron is
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Which layer of the Earth do the tectonic plates float on?
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The San Andreas fault is what type of fault?
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Alfred Wegener created which theory?
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What creates mid-ocean ridges?
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Which boundary has mountains, strong earthquakes, and trenches?
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Which boundary has weak to moderate earthquakes?
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Which boundary has mid-ocean ridges?