Ltihosphere
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- lithosphere is the solid part of the earth
- diastrophism pertains to all movements of the lithosphere
- folding is the crumpling of earth's crust due to compressions
- faulting is the cracking of earth's crust due to tensions
- continental drift theory is a theory that Pangaea, a supercontinent, broke into 7 continents
- continental drift theory is proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1915
- Panthalassa is the global ocean surrounding the Pangaea
- Supercontinents:
- Pangaea
- Gondwanaland
- Laurasia
- gondwanaland is located in southern hemisphere
- laurasia is located in the northern hemisphere
- Tethys is the east-west ocean separating gondwanaland and laurasia