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LAYERS OF THE EARTH There are _____ layers of the Earth: CRUST

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1 LAYERS OF THE EARTH There are _____ layers of the Earth: CRUST
___________- Mohorovičić discontinuity MANTLE OUTER _________ _________ CORE

2 TWO CRUST TYPES There are __________different types of _________.
Continental crust which is what the _____________ are and what they are moving on. The crust is made of rock - ___________ __________ Crust which is what is below the oceans, the __________ are on top of the oceanic crust. The crust is made of rock - _________

3 TWO CRUST TYPES Continental crust is _________ and oceanic crust BUT oceanic crust is_____________ than continental crust.

4 WHY THEY MOVE The Earth’s plates move because of______________ currents in the_________.

5 WHAT THEY ARE

6 WHAT THEY ARE The plates are made up of the___________ and____________ crust on the planet. The plates are____________ into different sizes and__________. The______________ move around the planet because of convection____________ in the mantle

7 HOW THE MOVE The plates move in three major directions with variations in each type. The directions are: ______________ _______________

8 CONVERGENT Convergent means come_______________ or converge in one_________. The plates are__________ towards each other until they meet.

9 TYPES OF CONVERGENT Oceanic vs Oceanic – you get______________ mountains Continental vs Continental you get_________ Oceanic vs Continental – _______________

10 CONVERGENT-SUBDUCTION
Subduction – the____________ plate goes below the continental plate due to the density of the Oceanic plate ____________

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12 DIVERGENT NOT THE BOOK/MOVIE!!
The plates are moving_________ from each other.

13 Divergent Two types of_____________ plates
Oceanic vs oceanic – sea_________ spreading and mid___________ ridges . Continental vs_______________ - rift valleys

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15 TRANSFORM Two plates__________ against each other.


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