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What is the center of the earth?
Inner Core
What is the center of the earth?
Inner Core
What makes up the inner core?
Iron
What is the part of the earth on which we walk?
Crust
4. The theory that states that pieces (or plates) of Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion driven by movement in the mantle is called
The theory of plate tectonics
The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a
Convergent boundary
What is convection?
Heat rising and falling inside the mantle create currents which slowly move the plates in the earth's crust.
What layer is between the Earth's dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust?
Mantle
