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  • WHAT IS THE LESS DENSE THAN THE CORE?
    MANTLE
  • WHICH LAYER OF THE EARTH IS PRIMARILY COMPOSED OF LIQUID?
    OUTER CORE
  • WHAT DO WE CALL TO THE SINGLE SUPERCONTINENT?
    PANGAEA
  • IT IS THE MIXTURE OF UNSORTED SEDIMENT DEPOSITS CARRIED BY GLACIER
    GLACIAL TILL
  • WHAT IS THE FASTEST MOVING TECTONIC PLATE?
    INDO-AUSTRALIAN PLATE
  • THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH IS LAYERED IN A, WHAT?
    SPHERICAL SHELLS/SPHERICAL
  • ROCK TYPES ARE FOUND IN WHICH MOUNTAIN LOCATED IN NORTH AMERICA?
    APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN
  • WHAT IS THE MEANING OF "VLBI?"
    VERY-LONG-BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY
  • WHO PROPOSED THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY?
    ALFRED WEGENER
  • A PLATE MOVEMENT WHEREIN A VERY HOT MAGMA RISES TO THE SURFACE AT SPREADING RIDGES
    RIDGE PUSH
  • WHAT IS THE DENSER LAYER OF THE EARTH?
    CORE
  • IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS SHAPES OF CONTINENTS
    FIT OF THE CONTINENTS
  • WHAT IS THE TWO TYPES OF CRUST?
    OCEANIC AND CONTINENTAL CRUST
  • IT WAS THE DISCOVERY OF VERY SIMILAR FOSSILS
    FOSSIL DISTRIBUTION
  • WEGENER BELIEVED THAT CONTINENTS ARE LOOK LIKE SEPARATED PIECES OF?
    JIGSAW PUZZLE/PUZZLE
  • IT IS THE PILES OF TILL DEPOSITED ALONG EDGES OF ANCIENT GLACIERS
    MORAINES
  • THE OTHER TERM FOR DEBRIS IN THE CONTINENTAL CRUST
    SEDIMENTS
  • HOW MANY LAYERS OF THE EARTH'S STRUCTURE DO WE HAVE?
    4/FOUR
  • IT IS THE STUDY OF ANCIENT CLIMATES
    PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
  • IT IS THE INDIVIDUALS WHO STUDY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE
    PALEOCLIMATOLOGISTS
  • IT IS A MOVEMENT WHEREIN PARTS OF AN OLD PLATE ARE LIKELY TO SINK DOWN INTO THE MANTLE
    SLAB PULL
  • WHAT IS THE MEANING OF "GPS?"
    GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
  • IT IS A HEAT TRANSFER WHEREIN HEAT FLOWS FROM WARMER TO COOLER PLACES
    CONDUCTION
  • IT IS A PROCESS WHEN HEAT FROM THE CORE OF THE EARTH IS TRANSFERRED TO THE SURFACE BY THE MANTLE
    THERMAL CONVECTION