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1 Plate Tectonics continental drift
Plate Boundaries and Faults Plate Tectonics continental drift

2 An Introduction to Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

3 Pangea: The History of the Continents

4 The Ocean Floor: Clues About Continental Drift on Earth

5 Plate Tectonics

6 How does the inner structure of the planet affect Plate Tectonics?

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8 Lithosphere Asthenosphere Mantle Outer Core Inner Core
Crust (Continental, and Oceanic) Lithosphere Asthenosphere Mantle Outer Core Inner Core

9 ….drive the crustal plates to move on the surface like boxes on a conveyor belt. Heat from the core is transferred to the surface by density currents.

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