Plate Tectonics and the Scientific Method

QUIZ # 2 - Answer the following questions:

8. What are the necessary steps so that an observation becomes a scientific theory?
9. What is the difference between "Continental Drift" and "Plate Tectonics"?
10. How was Plate Tectonics tested?
11. How do scientists now explain the movement of the continents?
12. What is the source of heat in the Earth's interior?

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