ES Plate Tectonics Vocabulary

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What is the name of the theory that new seafloor is formed when magma is forced to the surface at mid-ocean ridges?

What is the name of the largest layer of the Earth that has a thick, syrup-like consistancy?

What is the hypothesis that all continents were once joined in a single large continent that broke apart and slowly moved to their current locations?

What is the name of a large section of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move around on the asthenosphere?

What is the name of the of the solid, outermost layer of the Earth?

What is the name of the theory that Earth\'s crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on the asthenosphere?

What is the name of the layer of Earth on which the tectonic plates float and move around?

What is the name of the process in which heated fluids rise then cool and sink then become heated again and rise, and so on?