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It is the Earth's solid, thinnest, outermost layer .

Crust

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This contains the different landforms and continents.

Continental Plate

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Ocean floor is the ___________ that consists the landforms below the oceans and seas.

oceanic plate

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These forces are those that come from within Earth.

Endogenic forces

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These forces are those that develop outside the surface of Earth.

Exogenic forces

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It is made of solid bedrock, contains most of Earth's mass.

Mantle

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It is under extreme pressure that is why it remains solid. It is made up of solid iron and nickel.

inner core

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A German geologist and meteorologist, first proposed the continental drift theory.

Alfred Wegener

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The continental drift theory states that the continents formed a huge mass called?

Pangaea

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This theory tells that the surface of Earth is broken into larger pieces of plates that "float" along the asthenosphere.

Plate Tectonic Theory

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What are the three kinds of tectonic plate boundaries?

convergent, divergent and transform

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It is formed when plates meet from opposite directions causing one plate to be subducted or moved beneath the other.

Convergent plate boundary

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It is formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other.

Divergent plate boundary

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It is the shaking or trembling of Earth's crust.

Earthquakes

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The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus is called?

Epicenter

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It is the world's largest earthquake belt.

The Circum-Pacific Belt

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