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The theory that continents were once connected but have drifted apart

Continental Drift

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What is a plate boundary?

Where two plates meet

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The cracks or breaks that create plate tectonics

Faults

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What are some characteristics of Earth's outer core?

1400 miles thick, liquid layer, made of iron, creates Earth's magnetic field

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In the mantle, they rotate the uneven heating of the magma. This process moves the plates in the lithosphere and Earth’s crust.

Convection Currents

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Two plates moving toward each other

Convergent Boundary

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Two plates that are sliding past each other

Transform boundary

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What does the theory of plate tectonics explain?

It explains how plates move and create most of the features on Earth’s surface.

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When a plate runs into another plate and slides beneath it

Subduction

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What do convergent boundaries form?

Mountains and volcanoes

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What are some characteristics of Earth's inner core?

made of iron and nickel, temperature is 13,000 degrees F, solid due to high pressure

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Two plates moving away from each other

Divergent Boundary

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What do transform boundaries form?

Earthquakes

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