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Topic 5: Plate Tectonics

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Chene Brown
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an explanation for why a phenomenon
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hypothesis
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an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation
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law
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description of a repeated pattern observed in nature, without an explanation for the pattern
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continental drift
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the idea that the continents were once fused together but slowly drifted apart over time
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tectonic plates
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more than a dozen distinct plates that make up Earth’s surface and slowly move in different directions
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supercontinent
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One giant continent into which most or all of the continents were assembled long ago.
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superposition
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The condition of undisturbed sedimentary rock in which the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top.
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