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Plate tectonics

Earth's structure,Convection currents, drifting continents, sea-floor spreading, plate tectonics, changing earth's surface

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The layer of the upper mantle that can flowasthenosphere
subduction of the ocean floor takes attrenches
The earth's crust is made up ofbasalt and granite
Earth's inner core is made up ofiron and nickle
A rift valley forms when two continentsdiverge
Heat from earth's core causesconvection currents in the mantle
Layer of rock that forms Earth's 'outer skin'crust
layer of hot rock below the crustmantle
uppermost part of mantlelithosphere
soft layer of mantleasthenosphere
Below the mantlecore
layer of molten metal that surrounds the inner coreouter core
dense ball of sold metal found beneath outer coreinner core
super continentpangaea
Alfred WegnerScientist who hypothesized continental drift and pangea
fossiltrace of an organism that is preserved in rock
longest chain of mountains in the worldmid-ocean ridge
Process that continually adds new material to the ocean floorsea-floor spreading
Birthday celebrated in January, "I have a dream...:Martin Luther King
January is a month for warm breakfast cerealOatmeal month


Science Teacher, Hinkley High School, Aurora, CO
Hinkley High School
Aurora, CO

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