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Plate
Tectonics
Boundaries
Ocean
Floor
Earth
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Plate Tectonics
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What is the name of the ancient
landmass composed of all the
continents?
PANGAEA
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Plate Tectonics
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Who came up the theory of
continental drift?
ALFRED WEGENER
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Plate Tectonics
300
What causes the plates to move?
CONVECTION CURRENTS IN THE
ASTHENOSPHERE
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Plate Tectonics
400
Where are Earth’s plates located?
LITHOSPHERE
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Plate Tectonics
500
What 3 things support the theory of
Plate Tectonics?
CLIMATE, FOSSILS, AND SHAPE OF
THE CONTINENTS
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Boundaries
100
Plates moving away from each other
form what type of boundary?
DIVERGENT
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Boundaries
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Plates moving toward each other
form what type of boundary?
CONVERGENT
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Boundaries
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Plates sliding past each other form
what type of boundary?
TRANSFORM
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Boundaries
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What landform is created when two
continental plate collide?
FOLDED MOUNTAIN
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Boundaries
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When an oceanic plate converges
with a continental plate, this
occurs.
SUBDUCTION
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Ocean Floor
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When magma rises up at an opening
in the ocean floor, what occurs?
SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
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Ocean Floor
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What landform is created where
there is sea-floor spreading?
MID-OCEAN RIDGE
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Ocean Floor
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What happens to oceanic crust that
is pushed back into the mantle?
MAGMA
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Ocean Floor
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What landform is created when a
oceanic crust subducts below
continental crust?
DEEP OCEAN TRENCH
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Ocean Floor
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What type of rock primarily makes
up oceanic crust?
BASALT
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Earth Layers
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Name the layers of the earth from
the inside out
INNER CORE, OUTER CORE, MANTLE,
CRUST
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Earth Layers
200
Where is the newest rock on Earth’s
crust found?
MID-OCEAN RIDGE
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Earth Layers
300
What causes convection currents in
the mantle to move?
HEAT FROM THE CORE
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Earth Layers
400
Where is the lithosphere located?
CRUST AND TOP LAYER OF THE
MANTLE
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Earth Layers
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What direction do convection
currents move?
UP AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
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Potpourri
100
As depth below Earth’s surface
increases, temperature and
pressure
INCREASE
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Potpourri
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What is the name of melted rock
located under Earth’s crust?
MAGMA
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Potpourri
300
What can occur at a transform
boundary?
EARTHQUAKE, SHEARING, FAULT
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Potpourri
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Why does oceanic crust sink below
continental crust?
OCEANIC CRUST IS MORE DENSE
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Potpourri
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How far do lithospheric plates move
each year?
1-10 CM
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