What is the difference between the outer and inner core?

What layer is the thinnest?

_____________ is the solid, outer layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle (crust upper mantle).

Tectonic plates consist of which layer?

The layer of plastic rock that underlies the tectonic plates is called _________________.

The asthenosphere is located in which layer?

The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations is called_____________.

A single landmass thought to have been the origin of all continents is called ____________________.

Which is not a piece of evidence that Wegener used to support his hypothesis.

The process by which new oceanic lithosphere (seafloor) forms as magma rises to Earth’s surface and solidifies at a mid-ocean ridge is called ___________________________.

Long, undersea mountain chain is called ___________________

Which way are the plates moving at the mid–ocean ridge?

What is being made at the mid–ocean ridge? _____________

The study of the alignment of magnetic minerals in oceanic crust is called _______________.

16. What is the difference between normal polarity and reversed polarity?

The theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape is called ___________________.

When was plate tectonics accepted by the scientific community? _________

The movement of heated material due to differences in density that are caused by differences in temperatures is called ________________________

Convection cells are located in which layer? _________________

Which of the following statements is true.

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