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The theory of
movement in the plates.
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What is plate tectonics?
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Pangea split apart and
moved to the locations
today.
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What is continental
drift?
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Someone who studies the
surface of the Earth.
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What is geologist?
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Scientists who study
fossils to understand
history.
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What is paleontologist?
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Time periods composed
of thousands, millions,
and billions of years.
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What is geological
time?
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Earth's Layers - $100
This layer is made of
many rocks.
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What is crust?
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This layer is over 6,000
degrees C.
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What is inner core?
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This layer is all liquid.
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What is outer core?
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This layer is both liquid
and solid.
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What is mantle?
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This is the solid part of
the first two layers.
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What is the lithosphere?
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Plates - $100
Two plates colliding.
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What is convergent?
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Two plates separating.
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What is divergent?
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Two plates sliding past
each other.
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What is transform?
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This is when one plate
slides under another
plate.
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What is subduction
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Earthquakes, volcanoes
and mountains are
examples of these.
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What are geological
events?
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Continents - $100
This is a release of
energy inside the Earth.
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What are earthquakes?
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This is formed when
there is a convergent
boundary. Example:
Himalayan
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What are mountains?
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There are three different
varieties of these.
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What are volcanoes?
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This is the actual
physical movement of
the plates.
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What is continental
drift?
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This is a plate but not
an actual continent
(which we discussed in
class.)
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What is India?
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Fossils - $100
These give scientists
clues about the history
of Earth.
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What is are fossils?
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Fossils are found in
these.
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What are rock layers?
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This was the original
form on Earth.
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What is Pangea?
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This is a fern like plate
found in Antarctica and
South America.
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What is glossopteris?
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This was a freshwater
reptile found on different
continents.
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What is mesosaurus?
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