Plate tectonics

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German meteorologist and geophysicist

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Alfred Wegener

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States that the Earth’s lithosphere is composed of fragments that move around and interact with each other

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Plate Tectonics Theory

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These plates lie on top of a partially molten layer of rock called the asthenosphere

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Lithosphere

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Composed of rocks that are partly molten due to high temperature and pressure under the lithosphere

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Asthenosphere

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Crust that forms continent

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Continental Crust

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Crust beneath the ocean

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Oceanic Crust

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Are the edges where two plates meet

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Plate boundary

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Plates that move apart from each other

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Divergent plate boundary

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Plates that move towards each other

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Convergent plate boundary

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Plates slide past each other, horizontally

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Transform plate boundary

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When continental and oceanic plate collide, what is it called?

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Oceanic - Continental convergence

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One plate will subduct beneath the other, normally the older plate will subduct. What type of Convergent boundary is this?

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Oceanic - oceanic convergence

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A powerful collision occurs in this type of convergent boundary.

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Continental - Continental convergence

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is a lowland region that forms where Earth’s tectonic plates move apart, or rift

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Rift valley

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Is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust

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Mantle

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The central or innermost portion of the Earth

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Core

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Composed of a great variety of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks

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Crust

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Father of the Plate Tectonics Theory

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Alfred Wegener