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01/22/2012

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What is the order of the layers of the Earth?
Definition
Crust,lithospher,athnosphere,lower mantle,outer core,inner core
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What did Wegener name the earth pre split?
Definition
Pangaea
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What is Conduction?
Definition
heat that is transfered through a substance
Term
What evidence has been used to support the split of the continents?
Definition
Fossils,land type,
Term
Discribe the 3 types of plate boundries.
Definition
Transform-the plates rub against each other and creat earthquakes dIvergent-the plates go away from each other and creat a valley Convergent-the plates collide or come together and then creat a mountain or valcanoe
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What is a valley rift?
Definition
a valley formed by divergent boundries
Term
what is basalt?
Definition
the rock that makes up majority of the ocean crust
Term
what are the characteristics of Earths crust, mantle, and core?
Definition
crust-hard, thin, broken into pieces(plates) Mantle-hard, lowerpart plastic like core- inner liquid outer solid iron and nickle
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