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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the theory that pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle | 21 sets | |
| 2 | the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust | 17 sets | |
| 3 | the study of large scale movement and deformation of the earth's outer layers in terms of rigid plates over a partly molten layer of the upper mantle | 16 sets | |
| 4 | a theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move | 9 sets | |
| 5 | the theory that pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle. | 7 sets | |
| 6 | a theory suggesting that earth's surface is divided into more than 12 slow-moving plates, or pieces of earth's crust | 7 sets | |
| 7 | the theory that pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant motion driven by convection currents in the mantle | 6 sets | |
| 8 | the entire theory of plates on earth, moving around, with the mechanism | 6 sets | |
| 9 | the theory that describes earth's curst and upper mantle as being divided into sections. | 5 sets | |
| 10 | theory that earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on a plastic-like layer of the mantle | 4 sets | |
| 11 | the study of how lithospheric plates move around | 4 sets | |
| 12 | the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape | 4 sets | |
| 13 | theory that states that the lithosphere is broken into plates that move | 4 sets | |
| 14 | theory that earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around | 4 sets | |
| 15 | heory which explains the distribution of continents, earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains. plates | 4 sets | |
| 16 | theory that pieces of the lithosphere are in constant motion (because of convection currents) | 4 sets | |
| 17 | the theory that earth's outer shell is not one solid piece of rock. instead the lithosphere-the earth's crust and the brittle upper layer of the mantle-is broken into a number of moving plates | 4 sets | |
| 18 | the theory that the earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere | 4 sets | |
| 19 | the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape | 3 sets | |
| 20 | theory that the earth's crust is not an unbroken shell but consists of plates, or huge slabs of rock, that move | 3 sets | |
| 21 | the theory that explains how large pieces of the lithosphere, called plates, move and change shape. | 3 sets | |
| 22 | the theory that pieces of earth's lithosphere, called plates, move about slowly on top of the asthenosphere | 3 sets | |
| 23 | theory that the earth's surface is broken into large plates that move | 3 sets | |
| 24 | this theory explains plate movements and how they cause continental drift. | 3 sets | |
| 25 | earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections | 3 sets | |
| 26 | a theory that the earth's lithosphere (crust and upper mantle) is divided into a number of large, platelike sections that move as distinct masses over the relatively plastic athenosphere | 3 sets | |
| 27 | theory that the earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections | 3 sets | |
| 28 | theory that earth's crust and upper mantleare broken into plates that float and move around on a plastic like layer of the mantle | 3 sets | |
| 29 | is the theory that the earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere. | 3 sets | |
| 30 | the earth's crust is not an unbroken shell of rock. instead, it is split into a number of blocks | 2 sets | |
| 31 | this theory explains the formation, movement, and subduction of earth's plates | 2 sets | |
| 32 | theory that earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into plates that float and move around on a plasticlike layer of the mantle | 2 sets | |
| 33 | theory that the earth's outer shell is not one solid piece of rock but is composed of large moving slabs of rock called plates which slide slowly over the mantle | 2 sets | |
| 34 | is the therory that the earths lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere | 2 sets | |
| 35 | continental and oceanic plates move on magma and alter the landscape of earth | 2 sets | |
| 36 | the theory that pieces of earth's crust are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle | 2 sets | |
| 37 | pieces of earth's lithosphere are in slowl, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle | 2 sets | |
| 38 | theory that links together the ideas of continental drift and ocaean-floor spreading | 2 sets | |
| 39 | the theory developed to explain how earth's plates moves, based on evidence of seafloor spreading, convection currents,and wegener's ideas on continental drift | 2 sets | |
| 40 | the theory that pieces of the earth's lithosphere move slowly on top of the asthenosphere | 2 sets | |