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Layers of the Earth and Tectonic Plates
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- Thinnest Layer Crust
- Contains most of the Earth's mass Mantle
- Made mostly of nickle, iron, sulfur, and oxygen Core
- Makes up tectonic plates Lithospere
- Putty-like soft part of Mantle Asthenosphere
- Goes to Core, almost solid Mesosphere
- Puzzle-like pieces floating on Asthenosphere Tectonic Plates
- Underwater mountain Mid Ocean Ridge
- Supercontinent Pangaea
- Trace of an ancient organism Fossil
- New material is added to the ocean floor Sea Floor Spreading
- push together; mountains Convergent
- divide, separating; mid-ocean ridge, rift valley Divergent
- grind against, slide; earthquakes, fault line Transform
- Deep underwater canyons Deep Ocean Trench
