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What is the primary driver of atmospheric and hydrospheric circulation?
What is the primary driver of atmospheric and hydrospheric circulation?
Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving apart and the formation of new lithosphere?
Which type of plate boundary is characterized by plates moving apart and the formation of new lithosphere?
What is the study of earth's materials, changes of the surface and interior of the earth, and the forces that cause those changes called?
What is the study of earth's materials, changes of the surface and interior of the earth, and the forces that cause those changes called?
What are the four compositional layers of the Earth's interior?
What are the four compositional layers of the Earth's interior?
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What is the plastic (capable of flow) zone on which the lithosphere 'floats' called?
What is the plastic (capable of flow) zone on which the lithosphere 'floats' called?
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Who proposed the original continental drift hypothesis in the 20th century?
Who proposed the original continental drift hypothesis in the 20th century?
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What is the study of earth called?
What is the study of earth called?
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What marks a transform boundary?
What marks a transform boundary?
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What concept explains the origin and distribution of volcanoes, fault zones, and mountain belts?
What concept explains the origin and distribution of volcanoes, fault zones, and mountain belts?
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What are the primary driver of most geospheric phenomena like volcanism, magmatism, and tectonism?
What are the primary driver of most geospheric phenomena like volcanism, magmatism, and tectonism?
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