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In geologic terms, a plate is a large, rigid slab of solid rock. The word tectonics comes from the Greek [blank] "to build." putting these two words together, we get the term plate tectonics, which [blank] to how the Earth's surface is built of plates. The theory of plate tectonics [blank] that the Earth's outermost layer is [blank] into a dozen or larger and small plates that are moving [blank] to one another.
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In geologic terms, a plate is a large, rigid slab of solid rock. The word tectonics comes from the Greek root "to build." putting these two words together, we get the term plate tectonics, which refers to how the Earth's surface is built of plates. The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's outermost layer is fragmented into a dozen or larger and small plates that are moving relative to one another.
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