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Divergent

Ocean to ocean

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Feature formed : oceanianc ridge
Where in the world: Atlantic ridge
Humen impact: active volcanos, mines, earthquakes, rare with tsunamis

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Sliding boundary

Continent to continent

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Feature formed : rift or fault
Where in the world: Sandra’s fault, California, where plates move against each other
Human impact : earthquakes

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Convergent
Collision boundary
Continent to continent

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Feature formed : mountains (folded)
Where in the world: India, west South America
Human impact : earthquakes

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Convergent
Subduction boundary
Ocean to continent

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Feature formed : in land active volcanos . Tall mountains, oceanic trenches
Where in the world: between nazaca plate, where land meets water, bc coast, South America
Human impact : volcano eruptions, tsunamis, earthquakes

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Convergent
Subduction
Ocean to ocean

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Feature formed : active volcanos, trenches, volcano islands
Where in the world: lslands, India, Asia, perchillie trench, Japan, Indonesia
Human impact : earthquakes, trenches
, tsunamis

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Inner core

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Composition: iron & nickle
Thickness:1250 km
State of matter:solid

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Outer core

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Composition: iron & nickle
Thickness:2200 km
State of matter:liquid

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Upper/lower/ middle mantle

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Composition: semi molten rock - magma
Thickness: 2900
State of matter: solid

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Crust

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Composition: igneous, metamorphic, segnius, solid rock
Thickness: 50km continental- 5 oceanic
State of matter: solid

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What is the earths crust made up of?

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The layer of solid rock

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Underneath the earths crust is?

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Molten rock

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What is the cores state of matter and temp?

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State- solid iron

Temp: 1500 c

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Outer core

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Molten iron

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14
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Mantle

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Hot tar - 1200 c

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15
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Crust

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Thin and cool

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Mt St. Helens

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Explosive volcano

Erupting whe the first pioneers cam up there

17
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Volcanos can

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Re assembly of life

18
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The crust is made of

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Tectonic plates floating on the earths mantle (molten metal)

19
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All the plates of the earths crust were one piece called :

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Pangea

20
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Where are volcanos formed?

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Where tectonic plates are spread apart

21
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Where plates come together

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Mountains are where plates come together

22
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Which continent is North America moving away from

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Europe

23
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Earthquakes are caused by

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Shifting tectonic plates

24
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What is the name of the machine that monitors the earths plates?

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Sizemagraph

25
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How thick is the earths core?

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2800 k thick

26
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How many layers does the earth have

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Three layers - crust, mantle, core

27
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What is the innermost layer and the hottest is..

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Core made of iron and nickle

28
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What are the five layers of the earth

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  1. Crust
  2. Upper mantle
  3. lower mantle
  4. Outer core
  5. Inner core
29
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Alfred Wagner suggested

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That all continents once were a supercontinent called Pangea