What is a break in the Earth's crust?
Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

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Fault
2.
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Who is known as the 'Father of Continental Drift'?
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Alfred Wegner
3.
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What are the two types of crust?
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continental and oceanic
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Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's...
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asthenosphere
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Earth's inner core is...
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a dense ball of solid iron and nickel.
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What is the theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?
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Plate Tectonics
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What is a tectonic plate?
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A large, rigid slab of solid rock that makes up Earth's lithosphere.
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