| Earth's Layers | Tectonic Plates | Pangea |
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What is the deepest layer in the Earth?
The inner core
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What do tectonic plates float on top of?
The Asthenosphere
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Who proposed the idea of Pangea?
Alfred Wegener
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Where do convection currents mostly occurr?
The mantle
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Where does a divergent boundary occur?
At a mid ocean range
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What is continental drift?
It's when the movement of the ocean floor moves the continents too.
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What happens when melted rock escapes to earth's surface?
A volcano may erupt
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Where do the edges of Tectonic plates meet?
At plate boundaries
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Name one piece of evidence that supports the idea of Pangea.
Answer will be determined
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About how hot is the outer core?
Between 4,000 and 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit
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How do convection currents affect tectonic plates?
They cause the plates to move, producing changes in the earth's surface.
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When to continental plates collide to form mountains what boundary is occurring?
A Convergent Boundary
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Is the outer core liquid or rigid?
Liquid
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Who proposed that the lithosphere is broken into separate sections?
J.Tuzo Wilson
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