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| a rift valley forms where two plates |
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| the result of plate movement can be seen at |
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| the theory that helps explain the causes of both earthquakes and volcanoes |
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| Alfred Wegener had a theory that did not have evidence |
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oceanic crust is younger in the middle
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| the type of tectonic plate bountary involving a collision between two plates |
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| The range of data available, geolists cannot predict exatly where and when earthquakes will occur |
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| continental mountain ranges are usually associated with |
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| the layer of the earth made up of tectonic plate |
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| convection currents belo the lithosphere |
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| appears to cause movement of Earth's tectonic plates |
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| the outer most, rigid layer of earth is called |
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| made of solid rock that flows very slowly |
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| the existence of convection currents |
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| not evidence to support of the theory of continental drift |
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| geolist us to observe Earth;s interior |
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| the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into mantle |
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| the transfer of heat by the movement of heat fluid |
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| fossils, rocks and climate |
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| main points of evidence for continental drift |
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| underwater mountain chain |
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| plates that move together |
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| most earthquakes occur along or near the edges of the Earth's |
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| one plate is forced under another plate |
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| Earth's thick plastic like layer |
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