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  •  The supercontinent that began to break apart about 200 million years ago

     Pangaea
  •  Wegner's hypothesis  which suggested that the continents are in constant motion on earth surface

    Continental drift
  •  Naturally preserved remains or imprints or traces of organisms that lived long ago

    Fossils
  •  The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge

    Seafloor spreading
  •  The mountain ranges in the middle of the oceans that are underwater mountains

    Mid ocean ridge
  • A state in which magnetized objects such as compass needle's will orientate themselves to point north

     Normal polarity
  •  A state in which magnetized objects would reverse direction and orientate them selves to point south

    Reversed polarity
  •  The theory that states earths surface is made out of rigid slabs of rock or plates that move with respect to each other

     Plate tectonics theory
  •  The cold and rigid outermost rock layer

    Lithosphere
  •  Capable of being molded or changing shape without breaking

     Plastic
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