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What term refers to the boundary between the crust and the mantle

The boundary between Crust and Mantle is referred to as the Mohorovicic Discontinuity.

What is formed when magma begins to form a dome shape which will push the crust outward in a hill formation

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Laccolith

What is the tectonic plate is a massive portion of the Earth

lithosphere

What happens as a result of the sudden shift between two tectonic plates s

earthquake

The northern half of the mid-Atlantic ridge separates the Eurasian plate from which other plate

north america

Tectonic plates float on a layer of the earth called the

The crust that forms the tectonic plates floats on the mantle layer.

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