Question

DEFINE


PLATE TECHTONICS

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Answer 1

Answer:

the movements of the large sheets of rock (plates) that form the earth’s surface; the scientific study of these movements.

Answer 2

• ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴇᴄᴛᴏɴɪᴄs ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ's ᴏᴜᴛᴇʀ sʜᴇʟʟ ɪs ᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ sʟᴀʙs ᴏғ sᴏʟɪᴅ ʀᴏᴄᴋ, ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ “ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇs,” ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢʟɪᴅᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ's ᴍᴀɴᴛʟᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴄᴋʏ ɪɴɴᴇʀ ʟᴀʏᴇʀ ᴀʙᴏᴠᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ's ᴄᴏʀᴇ. ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ's sᴏʟɪᴅ ᴏᴜᴛᴇʀ ʟᴀʏᴇʀ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴜsᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜᴘᴘᴇʀᴍᴏsᴛ ᴍᴀɴᴛʟᴇ, ɪs ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛʜᴏsᴘʜᴇʀᴇ