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Continental Drift - ANSWER✔✔ The hypothesis that states that the continents
once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations
Alfred Wegener - ANSWER✔✔ A German scientist who proposed the theory of
continental drift
Pangaea - ANSWER✔✔ The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200
million years ago and gave rise to today's continents
Sonar - ANSWER✔✔ sound waves bounce off the ocean floor giving scientists
data about its topography
tectonic plates - ANSWER✔✔ Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to
convection currents.
oceanic crust - ANSWER✔✔ Earths crust located under the ocean that is usually
thinner but more dense than continental crust
continental crust - ANSWER✔✔ the relatively thick part of the earth's crust that
forms the large landmasses. It is generally older and more complex than the
oceanic crust.
Ionic Compound - ANSWER✔✔ a substance that does not contain both carbon
and hydrogen
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