Week 24 Vocabulary

What is the definition of a "theory"

• description of a repeated pattern observed in nature, without an explanation for the pattern

• an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation

• an explanation for why a phenomenon occurs

What is the definition of a "hypothesis"

• description of a repeated pattern observed in nature, without an explanation for the pattern

• an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation

• an explanation for why a phenomenon occurs

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What is the definition of a "law"

• description of a repeated pattern observed in nature, without an explanation for the pattern

• an idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation

• an explanation for why a phenomenon occurs

What is the definition for "continental drift"

• the idea that the continents were once fused together but slowly drifted apart over time

• more than a dozen distinct plates that make up Earth’s surface and slowly move in different directions

• one giant continent into which most or all of the continents were assembled long ago

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What is the definition for "tectonic plates"

• the idea that the continents were once fused together but slowly drifted apart over time

• more than a dozen distinct plates that make up Earth’s surface and slowly move in different directions

• one giant continent into which most or all of the continents were assembled long ago

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What is the definition for "supercontinent"

• the idea that the continents were once fused together but slowly drifted apart over time

• more than a dozen distinct plates that make up Earth’s surface and slowly move in different directions

• one giant continent into which most or all of the continents were assembled long ago

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What is the definition for "superposition"

• the condition of undisturbed sedimentary rock in which the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top

• boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge

• a type of thermal energy transfer in which differences in temperature and density of fluids make them rise and fall

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What is the definition for "convection current"

• the condition of undisturbed sedimentary rock in which the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top

• boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge

• a type of thermal energy transfer in which differences in temperature and density of fluids make them rise and fall

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What is the definition for "convergent boundary"

• boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions

• boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or towards each other

• boundary where two tectonic plates move away, or diverge, from one another

What is the definition for "divergent boundary"

• boundary where two tectonic plates move together, or converge

• boundary where two tectonic plates move away, or diverge, from one another

• boundary where tectonic plates slide past each other in opposite directions

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