Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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Continental drift
A
Alfred Wegner’s hypothesis that all the continents were once together, and drifted apart over millions of years.
2
Q
Convection
A
Heat transfer by moving currents in a liquid
3
Q
Plate boundary
A
What divides the lithosphere into large plates
4
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Heat transfer
A
The exchange of heat through objects that are hotter/colder than each other.
5
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Plate tectonics
A
The theory that Earth’s crust is broken into moving pieces.
