What do you know about plate tectonics? /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
PowerKids Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | 20 questions. Earth science.
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Table of Contents:
- Q 1: what are the Earth's layers?
- Q 2: what is magma?
- Q 3: how thick are Earth's layers?
- Q 4: what are the plates that make up Earth's crust?
- Q 5: what is continental drift?
- Q 6: how do the plates move?
- Q 7: how quickly do the plates move?
- Q 8: what is divergence?
- Q 9: what is a rift?
- Q 10: what is convergence?
- Q 11: how do plates form mountains?
- Q 12: what is subduction?
- Q 13: how do plated form ocean trenches?
- Q 14: how do plates form volcanoes?
- Q 15: what are transform boundaries?
- Q 16: what are faults?
- Q 17: what are slips?
- Q 18: how and why do plates cause earthquakes?
- Q 19: how did scientists come up with the idea of plate tectonics?
- Q 20: what do rocks and fossils tell us about plate tectonics?