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  • This states that the continents move over time. (Continental Drift or Plate Tectonics)
    Continental Drift Theory
  • What layer is located in between the crust and the core?
    The mantle
  • What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?
    Convection Currents
  • What is the layer at the center of the Earth called?
    Core
  • What causes Earthquakes?
    movement of the tectonic plates
  • Convection currents occur in which layer of the Earth?
    Mantle
  • Convection currents are powered by ___.
    Heat from the Earth's Core
  • What name did Wegener give the supercontinent in his Continental Drift Theory?
    Pangaea
  • Which layer of the Earth do you stand on?
    The crust
  • The majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur along _____.
    Plate Boundaries
  • True or False: Wegener said that the mountains (rocks) in North America line up with mountains (rocks) in northern Europe.
    True
  • the soft and plastic layer in Earth's upper mantle
    Asthenosphere
  • made up of the oceanic crust, the continental crust and the rocky outer layer of the mantle; it is broken into plates which float on the top part of the mantle and move a few centimeters every year.
    Lithosphere
  • This states the mechanism for HOW the continents move. (Continental Drift or Plate Tectonics)
    Plate Tectonics