Earths Structure Flashcards

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What is continental drift?

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Continental drift is the theory that billions of years ago there was one “supercontinent” that over millions of years had split into what our earth looks like today

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Who invented the theory of continental drift?

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Wegener

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What are the layers of the earth- from middle to to edge

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Inner Core
Outer core
Mantle
Crust

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Where do volcanoes form?

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On the edge of plate boundaries

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