Final_ E Sci 40

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What is continental drift?

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Theory that all of Earth's continents were once joined together in a single, huge land mass and then started drifting away from each other.

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Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?

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Lithosphere

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of species within an ecosystem.

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What are Convergent Plate Boundaries?

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Where two plates collide.

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What are Transform Plate Boundaries?

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Where two plates slide.

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What is the lithosphere?

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The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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What is the asthenosphere?

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The semi-fluid layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere that allows tectonic plates to move.

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What is a tectonic plate?

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A massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock that makes up the Earth's lithosphere.

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What is the process of plate tectonics?

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The movement and interaction of tectonic plates on the Earth's surface.

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What is an earthquake?

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A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves.