Plate Tectonics

ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
CONDUCTION
CONTINENTALDRIFT
CONVECTION
CONVECTIONCURRENT
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY
CRUST
DEEPOCEANTRENCH
DENSITY
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY
FAULT
FOSSIL
GRANITE
INNERCORE
LITHOSPERE
MANTLE
MID-OCEANRIDGE
OUTERCORE
PANGAEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
PRESSURE
RADIATION
RIFTVALLEY
SCIENTIFICTHEORY
SEA-FLOORSPREADING
SEISMICWAVES
SONAR
SUBDUCTION

Earth's interior, convection and the mantle, drifting mantle, drifting continents, sea-floor spreading, and the theory of plate tectonics.

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ASTHENOSPHERE  510e
BASALT  1212e
CONDUCTION  616e
CONTINENTALDRIFT  22s
CONVECTION  22e
CONVECTIONCURRENT  22e
CONVERGENTBOUNDARY  1111se
CRUST  76e
DEEPOCEANTRENCH  161w
DENSITY  1916n
DIVERGENTBOUNDARY  39e
FAULT  147n
FOSSIL  147ne
GRANITE  88e
INNERCORE  1219w
LITHOSPERE  212e
MANTLE  115s
MID-OCEANRIDGE  215e
OUTERCORE  1313w
PANGAEA  124w
PLATE  317e
PLATETECTONICS  317e
PRESSURE  131se
RADIATION  1818n
RIFTVALLEY  214e
SCIENTIFICTHEORY  1920w
SEA-FLOORSPREADING  177w
SEISMICWAVES  418e
SONAR  12s
SUBDUCTION  43e