The earth shifts ____. It moves about ____ inches each year and this is caused by ____. Tectonics comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "pertaining to building." When we are talking about tectonics we are talking about how the earth was ____. The top layer of the earth is called the ____. It is made up of the oceanic crust, continental crust, and the upper mantle. The lithosphere moves in big pieces of earth called ____ The reason the lithosphere moves is because underneath it is the ____ which is liquid molten rock that ____ around deep below the Earth's surface. The center of the Earth is very ____ and radiates ____. The plates are sitting on ____ of that molten rock in the ____ which is why the Earth ____. There are ____ major plates which mostly line up with the continents. There are ____ minor plates. There are two types of plates: ____ and continental. Tectonic plates move mostly at the place where they ____. These are called ____ and there are ____ different types. ____ boundaries are plates that are pushed hard ____ each other. One plate is forced under the other in a process called ____. These types of boundaries make ____ and ____. Some examples are Mount Everest and the Mariana Trench. ____ boundaries are when plates are being pushed ____ or ____ from each other. The land that is formed here are called ____. Some examples of these types landforms are the East African Rift Valley, Galapagos Rise, and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. ____ boundaries are when two plates are rubbing up and down from each other. This boundary is likely to create ____. Examples of this type of boundary are the San Andreas Fault in California and the Alpine Fault in New Zealand.

Plate Tectonics

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